Threads of Freeorder
Leif Smith, editor
Each separate month of Threads will be found at leifsmith.substack.com
 
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July 2025 - threads of freeorder (draft - 07/12)
 
What-It's-Like
 
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It is not possible to sustain a civilization while systematically avoiding the confrontation of facts indicating an approaching catastrophe. As evidence for that I’m posting something hard to think about and hard to look at. I’ve been following this for years with growing horror at the power of fear (justified) to persuade people that silence was the wise course. That’s a defense I’m willing to grant almost everyone. But there are some who should be convicted of criminal suppression of truth. -ls
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I hope everything I’ve said above proves to be a mistake.
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This is about the reports of embalmers who, only after mRNA vaccinations began, are finding large never before encountered clots in the bodies of the deceased.
 
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Joe Quirk’s video on the advance of seasteading and the next critical requirement: an International flag (registration) for seasteads. — seasteading.org/seasteading-triumphs/
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‘The Seasteading Institute must acquire a maritime flag for all seasteading companies …’ —Joe Quirk
 
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“Fighting for Freedom: Hope, Iran, and the Power of Civil Society” with Mohamad Machine-Chian ••• [atlas network] 24 Jun 25
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‘In this gripping episode of Atlas Network with Michael Carnuccio, we sit down with Mohamad Machine-Chian — Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets and leading voice for liberty in Iran. Mohamad shares the untold story of life under authoritarian rule, the challenges and hopes of Iran’s liberty movement, and how the next generation is shaping the future.’
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Tom Palmer ••• [atlas network] interviews Mohamed Machine-Chian ••• [u pittsburgh]
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From Machine-Chain’s biography ••• [same link as above] at University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Governance and Markets ••• supported by the Pittsburgh Network for Threatened Scholars (PiNTS) ucis.pitt.edu/global/pints
 
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Atlas Network’s Freedom Worldwide ••• with Tom G. Palmer •••
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‘Welcome to our exclusive collection of Freedom Worldwide discussions featuring our Executive Vice President, Tom G. Palmer. For decades, Tom has been a key figure in empowering liberty in challenging environments, from supporting champions of freedom behind the Iron Curtain in the 20th century to uplifting advocates for individual rights in the heart of the Muslim World today.’
 
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The Africa Hackathon (Hedera) prize pool is over $1,000,000
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“The New Abundance: Beyond Material Wealth in 21st Century America” ••• by Michael Strong, 6 Jul 2025
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‘… the entrepreneurial creation of culture and community is already the greatest need for the 21st century. We need to legalize markets in happiness and wellbeing to ensure widespread access to real abundance in the 21st century. Material abundance is already here and it is clearly not enough.’
 
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Why prefer to live in a monarchy rather than a democracy?
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“Why I Feel Freer in a Monarchy Than in My Democratic Home Country: Reflections on Dubai and the freedom granted by digital nomadism” ••• Oliver Roland, 6 Jul 2025, in Disruptive Horizons ••• [substack]
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‘… there is a different implicit contract between an individual who lives in a country because he was born there, and an individual who lives in a country he has chosen because it offers him the best value for money in a market of jurisdictions.’
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As Joyce Brand ••• tells us, a world is coming in which we will subscribe to governments rather than submit to them.
 
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"Willa Cather’s Admiration of the Czechs" by Evelyn Funda, PhD – T. G. Masaryk Czech School [program]. When:  Friday, September 20 at 7:00pm (CDT); Where:  T. G. Masaryk Czech School, 5701 West 22nd Place, Cicero, Illinois
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“The Song of the New World” (on Dvorak’s symphony) ••• by Timothy Sandefur ••• in The Objective Standard ••• for Fall 2024
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‘On an April evening in 1895, a twenty-year-old University of Nebraska student attended a performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which was touring what were then the Western states. The orchestra was in Lincoln that night to share the latest cultural wonders of America, and this student—an aspiring writer named Willa Cather—was especially excited, because she had never before heard an orchestra perform a piece of music.’ … It may be that only the first page or two of this article is available without subscription.
 
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Largest American Companies over 30 Years: 1994-2024, by Gary Hoover
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A fascinating dynamic interactive chart ••• fun to play with
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Hoover’s American History Business Center ••• is a fine resource for exploring the contribution of business to the emergence of Freeorder. He understands it. -ls
 
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Hedera: Leading the Charge in Agentic AI ••• by Monique Morrow ••• 8 Jul 2025, Independent Board Director, Hedera •••
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‘… as systems evolve into autonomous, decision-making agents, the infrastructure surrounding them must guarantee trust, transparency, and verifiable accountability. Hedera is uniquely positioned to power this evolution.’
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‘As AI matures from analytical tools to autonomous agents, the need for trust, transparency, and tamper-proof accountability becomes paramount. Hedera, through its layered and robust infrastructure, provides a comprehensive stack to enable and govern agentic AI with real-world utility.’
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From Morrow’s biography •••
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‘ Monique chairs the IEEE P.7030 Global Extended Reality Working Group, Recommended practice for the assessment of Extended Reality Technologies. She also Chairs IEEE P.7016, “Standard for Ethically Aligned Design and Operation of Metaverse Systems.” Monique was Co-Chair of the GSMA-Distributed Ledger Technology [DLT] group and served as Syniverse’s representative in the World Economic Forum [WEF] Data Policy Council and Digital Justice.  Monique has contributed to the WEF-Wharton School Paper on the “Decentralized Autonomous Organization Toolkit.”  She is active in WEF’s Digital Identity initiative.  Monique recently contributed to the GSMA, Vodafone, IBM Chaired  white paper entitled, “Post Quantum Telco Network Impact Assessment.”’
 
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From One Door to Another: How John Lewis Led Me to Preston Bruce ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott, 23 Jun 2025
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‘Preston Bruce wasn’t elected, and he never made headlines. But for 24 years, he stood at the threshold of American power, literally opening the door to presidents, dignitaries, grieving widows, secretaries of state, and countless ordinary citizens. He was the first face you saw when you entered the White House, and sometimes, the last touch of humanity before you left it.’
 
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Retro Biosciences ••• “We're Adding 10 Years to Healthy Human Lifespan: We develop therapies that meaningfully reverse age-related diseases.” — This link was found at ricon.xyz (website of José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente, who (as of Jan 2023) Director of Theory for Retro Biosciences)
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José has posted “A list of my past mistakes” ••• on his website Nintil ••• — sufficiently Popperian to warrant mention. -ls
 
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10th Zoom-based Conference on Popper and Critical Rationalism, September 27th-28th 2025 — facebook.com/groups/criticalrationalism
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‘When I speak of reason or rationalism, all I mean is the conviction that we can learn through criticism of our mistakes and errors, especially through criticism by others, and eventually also through self-criticism. A rationalist is simply someone for whom it is more important to learn than to be proved right; someone who is willing to learn from others - not by simply taking over another's opinions, but by gladly allowing others to criticize his ideas and by gladly criticizing the ideas of others. The emphasis here is on the idea of criticism or, to be more precise, critical discussion. The genuine rationalist does not think that he or anyone else is in possession of the truth; nor does he think that mere criticism as such helps us to achieve new ideas. But he does think that, in the sphere of ideas, only critical discussion can help us sort the wheat from the chaff. He is well aware that acceptance or rejection of an idea is never a purely rational matter; but he thinks that only critical discussion can give us the necessary maturity to see an idea from more and more sides and to make a correct judgement of it.” —from 1958 seminar paper "On Freedom", contained in "All Life is Problem Solving" 1999.’
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All emergence depends on limits. Freeorder (one kind of emergent) depends on limits within us, in our thinking, and among us, as in boundaries that must be crossed only with agreement. Inner freeorder supports outer; outer supports inner. The interplay of the two freeorders can result in a culture, like an ascending double-helix, which resists degradation and tends to improvement. -ls
 
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Human Respect Labs ••• “How to Build the Civilization of Tomorrow: Applications are open here at Human Respect Labs. Here's the grand strategy” ••• by Max Borders, 01 July 2025
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“The Nakamoto Imperative: Try to be like someone whose identity is still a mystery” ••• by Max Borders, 24 June 2025
 
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Welcome to Statesmen Academy, Jon Hersey, 2 July 2025: Reviving the Revolution “in the Minds of the People” [thanks to carrie-anne biondi’s substack •••]
 
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“The Virtues of Freedom: Building a Better World Begins Within” ••• 1 July 2025, by Free Cities •••
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“The Free Cities Moment: Why the Movement Is Accelerating Now” ••• by Joyce Brand, 8 Jul 25
 
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‘Why Chopin's "Heroic" Polonaise Should Be the Anthem of the Human Race’ ••• [youtube] Ben Laude & Garrick Ohlsson
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I’ve wondered how many lives were changed by a first hearing of this piece. Mine was one of them. -ls
 
———————— explorations of freeorder ————————
 
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We (∮forge) are working towards a shift in the general perception of (expectations regarding) the origins of goods, from commanded orders to freeorders. Call this changed perception an emerging “sense of freeorder”, making a kind of generalized basis for awareness of where good things come from and a consequent interest in protecting that basis. And since that expectation involves the freedom of multitudes of other human beings to do as they see best this expectation becomes a fundamental guard of liberty
 
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The world needs ears, not mouths
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If you want a new kind of forest you may need to change the chemistry and quality of the soil. So it is if you wish to see the emergence of Freeorder. Given that, how do you work in a culture at such a molecular level, especially when people are not prepared for what will benefit them to know? You don’t talk. You listen. You try to be useful by offering tools that, through use, convey ideas that cannot be delivered in words. The seeds of the forest where we want to live are all around us. They need soil to sustain them.
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What the forest soil needs is a restorative fabric of listening posts and integrating forges. In real forests networks of mycelia restore damage done by logging roads. [Stamets]
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A model for a listening post on the edge of Emergence: The Office for Open Network, Denver 1975-2000, an experiment to be replicated (in spirit, not in detail) thousands of times — explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/545.html
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Note: ∮ means “integrating”, i.e. putting together to make sense of an emerging whole.
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∮ - a single ∮forge - a venture, a listening post, run by individual or a small group
∯ - connected ∮forges - clusters, in which a few ∮forge are known to each other
∰ - emergent world of numerous ∮forges - includes all, although most do not know of each other they nevertheless are mutually reinforcing and in sum constitute a global learning network
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What is being learned in this global network is how to catalyze and accelerate the Emergence, and how to build new wealth to make it happen.
 
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New Sources of Wealth to Catalyze and Accelerate the Emergence of Freeorder
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Sell the cleanest water possible, everywhere in the world, using technology based on 1-atomic layer thick membranes. Bring a soon to be recognized crisis to an end.
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Sell faster electronics consuming far less power and emitting very little waste heat while almost completely eliminating most of the parts found in current bills of materials and shortening manufacturing time by at least an order of magnitude.
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Sell industrial/agricultural spray technology based on novel liquid charging.
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The above ventures are expected to deliver value profitably and currently are being assisted by readers of this substack who wish to invest in Freeorder. Connect with us if interested.
 
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June 2025 - threads of freeorder
 
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Juneteenth 2025 ••• by Thomas L. Krannawitter. Ph.D.
 
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“The Quiet Revolution to Reawaken India’s Reading Soul” ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott, 17 June 2025
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The kunzum network of bookshops •••
 
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“Why We Must Keep Africa Poor” ••• by Magatte Wade
 
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Recording of Atlas Network’s Milton Friedman event ••• (video and transcript)
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Milton Friedman: More Relevant Than Ever, with Dr. Eamonn Butler and Dr. Leszek Balcerowicz — was held Wednesday, June 4, 12 pm ET, watch now ••• an Atlas Network ••• event
 
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A Helen of Troy among phrases in the English language:
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the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design
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Essay on the History of Civil Society, by Adam Ferguson, 1767, Part III, Section II. The History of Political Establishments — https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8646
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This phrase has probably launched a thousand visions and ideas, making Adam Ferguson one of the pioneers of Freeorder.
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A result: “Cosmos and Taxis”, chapter 2 of F. A. Hayek’s Law, Legislation and Liberty.
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If Hayek had not written this the word “freeorder” would not exist.
 
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Polycentricity and Polycentric Law
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“Polycentricity: From Polanyi to Ostrom, and Beyond,” By Paul Dragos Aligica and Vlad Tarko
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“Polycentric Law in the New Millennium” ••• “An Essay Submitted to The Mont Pelerin Society On the Occasion of its 1998 Golden Anniversary Meeting In Accord with the Requirements for the Friedrich A. Hayek Fellowship, by Tom W. Bell, Alexandria, Virginia, May, 1998”
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“States accumulated sufficient power to claim a monopoly in law[4] only relatively recently--and only after a long struggle to crush competing legal systems.[5] Polycentric law[6] [p. 2/p. 3] survived that onslaught, however, and has now taken root in the interstices of State power.[7] This essay will describe why, as we enter a new millennium, conditions favor the growth and flourishing of polycentric law.”
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This polycentric idea is fundamental to Freeorder because as quest constraints (excessive design) are circumvented or abolished polycentric systems emerge to displace older poorly functioning orders. Freeorder is polycentrism tuned for quest optimization and enlivened by freeordered philosophical, artistic, scientific, and entrepreneurial minds. -ls
 
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Live and Let Live — advocates.liveandletlive.org/ (very new organization, a few weeks only?)
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An organization to watch — it may become important to the emergence of Freeorder
 
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Bio-Frontiers: The Jurisdictions for the Age of Biology: for founders that want to accelerate, not wait.
MON DE LEÓN and INFINITA CITY, 28 Jun 2025
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“The Big Picture: Why This Matters”
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“Biotech isn’t stalled because of available science & technology.
It’s stalled because the systems meant to govern it are withholding life-saving innovation from patients- designed for safety in theory, but in practice introducing a bureaucratic maze.
We’re entering a century where biology becomes programmable. Where iteration is cheap and safe. Yet bureaucrats demand paperwork, not immutable code. That’s a civilizational bottleneck.
To build for the age of biology, we need a parallel protocol, a safe harbor for renegade scientists, DIY biohackers and serious founders building the next large company.
That’s why Bio-Frontiers exists. In the real world. Not in whitepapers.”
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Apply if you’re building what comes next: infinita.city/biofrontiers/landing
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“This September, longevity and biotech meet a frontier built to move fast: Build alongside founders, scientists, and biohackers in a testbed where biotech breakthroughs become reality — fast”
 
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What it means to be a “neurohacker” and why it is important. Two articles by Venessa Hall (formerly Venessa Miemis).
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“What it means to be a neurohacker” ••• Nov 2016 on Emergent by Design ••• [about]
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“Why the World Needs Neurohacking Now More than Ever” ••• Jan 2022, on Qualia •••
 
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“When Darkness Fell on Consentia” ••• by Max Borders ••• [substack]
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The need for a sparse agreement to encompass a region designed for emergence. A contribution to the discussion of Freeorder.
 
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Áza Valon, already a good speech maker for Campaigns for Liberty, is seeking mastery of oratory, and to that end is reading Robert Ingersoll ••• Aristotle’s Rhetoric ••• studying with Robert Begley ••• and listening to Grigory Sokolov play ••• Schubert’s Impromptus.
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Áza has become a member of the 1921 Club •••
 
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Independent Institute ••• continues to clear space for the emergence of Freeorder
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From an email from Independent Institute, 28 June 2025
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‘As the “woke” moment passes away, new allies across the political spectrum have been using our resources to take this different path.
Our award-winning documentary Beyond Homeless is one of our most impactful projects yet. San Francisco has long been considered ground zero of the homelessness crisis. Now San Francisco has a new mayor: Daniel Lurie.
After watching our documentary, attending our events, and meeting with our program team, Mayor Lurie has begun supporting recovery programs—the very ones we highlight in our film—for the first time in recent memory, including recovery and treatment beds, detox and drug treatment, and sober transitional housing for homeless individuals.
In the long run, non-governmental programs offer the best hope for the homeless. Nevertheless, Mayor Lurie’s policy shift is a dramatic turn in the right direction.
We’ve also been pushing back against toxic woke ideologies infiltrating public education.
Earlier this year, the University of California Faculty Assembly voted to reject a deeply flawed ethnic studies course requirement for high schools, one designed to teach activism over understanding. This would have forced anti-Semitic and anti-capitalist ideological indoctrination on millions of high school students throughout California.’
 
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“A Healthy Contempt for Activism? Don't make people choose between a mob and a regime. A rant on my distaste for *protestors* and the need for Freeorder.” ••• by Max Borders, 12 Jun 25
 
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Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR)
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Educating Citizens, Not Activists •••
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The Team Behind The American Experience Curriculum •••
 
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Moscow, 23 April 25, a talk for the Russian Academy of Sciences ••• Emmanuel Todd ••• [substack]
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Todd specializes in the anthropology of family types and their deterministic relationship with political preferences.
 
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Sayer Ji’s lawsuit against a public-private coordinated reputation destroying attack begins with this quotation:
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas,
alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid
to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market
is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
— President John F. Kennedy
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The reason for the suit is explained here: “Reputation as a Weapon: Breaking—Federal Civil Rights Suit Filed Against CCDH, U.S. Officials, and Tech Giants — A landmark 171-page federal civil rights lawsuit filed in Florida charges CCDH, Imran Ahmed, and U.S. officials with a four-year campaign of defamation against a dozen U.S. citizens.” — sayerji.substack.com/p/reputation-as-a-weapon-breakingfederal
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The suit itself will be found here. Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 are clearly written and extremely important:
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This is an uncommonly fine piece of writing, eloquent and insightful. -ls
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The reason for the suit is explained here: “Reputation as a Weapon: Breaking—Federal Civil Rights Suit Filed Against CCDH, U.S. Officials, and Tech Giants — A landmark 171-page federal civil rights lawsuit filed in Florida charges CCDH, Imran Ahmed, and U.S. officials with a four-year campaign of defamation against a dozen U.S. citizens.” — sayerji.substack.com/p/reputation-as-a-weapon-breakingfederal
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The suit itself will be found here. Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 are clearly written and important:
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This is an uncommonly fine piece of writing, eloquent and insightful. -ls
 
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“Igniting a Global Bookstore Renaissance: Why Reading Matters More Than Ever ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott, 5 Jun 25
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The substack of Diamond-Michael’s where this article appeared is called “Great Books + Great Minds.”
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Comment posted to the above article: “This article is a contribution to the emergence of Freeorder, much dependent on diversity of thought and the utilization of constructive contention of vision and ideas -- all supported by bookstores made by people with strong ideas about what it makes sense to offer others to read. Thank you! -ls”
 
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“Democratic Socialism Echoes the Khmer Rouge: Because identity politics leads to dehumanization” ••• by Barry Brownstein, Mindshifts ••• [his substack], 4 Jun 25
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A warning that certain kind of mass shift in feeling and though can lead to horror, anywhere. We should pay attention.
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Brownstein links to this article by Laura Williams: “When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx” ••• 19 May 25
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Among the links in Laura William’s article are these:
 
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Human Intelligence + AI —> Dimensional Patterning ••• by Paul Forest of Thoughtwave.org
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“Dimensional Patterning: Structuring Human: Intelligence Beyond Social Identity — This paper introduces a model known as dimensional patterning, a system built around a collaborative relationship between humans and AI companions. Within this framework, individuals articulate their experiences and insights, while AI companions use sophisticated language models to transform these expressions into structured, meaningful patterns. These multi-dimensional thought patterns are then used to precisely align, analyze, and interconnect ideas across a shared network.”
 
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The InterBrain - How Collective DreamWeaving Can Heal the World — Project Liminality
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Video presentation: youtu.be/v5dBRmjF8mc — sent by Max Borders, 1 June 2025
 
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Ray Svitla says he is running “the world’s least official embassy”, and call its 404Embassy, “Exploring Belarus's pursuit of a network state: new governance, self-sovereignty, and digital identity for a diaspora seeking a future beyond traditional borders.” •••
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“Identity Crisis or Remix? When your birth certificate says one thing, your tax residency another, and your VPN a third – who the hell are you? With 280M+ international migrants, this isn't a niche problem anymore.” -Ray Svitla, in this post ••• 20May25
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A similar form of distress response is propagating though many nations, and it is generating a new kind of multi-national multi-cultural diaspora, especially among the young. This culture is also growing in web3 and in special zones and they may all converge. Svitla’s embassy could become a resource for all of this. He seems to have the requisite hardy spirit and strength of mind. -ls
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Ray’s account of a gathering of exiles contains this:
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‘Theme: “Shifting the Power: challenging prevailing narratives and building a fairer future.”
Translation: What the hell do we do now that everything’s broken?
Let me tell you, Operator, day one felt like a global pessimists’ convention – war, displacement, crumbling institutions, autocratic shadows. I was almost the only one saying, “Actually, this is a chance to build something better.”
By day three the mood flipped: experiments sparked, value-based states bubbled up. These gatherings don’t fix the world; they do something more subversive: they remind us we’re not alone.’
 
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Mapping the Landscape of Network States & Para-Political Entities
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‘404 Embassy Atlas v1.0 Mapping the Landscape of Network States & Para-Political Entities The world of governance is fragmenting. New forms of sovereignty are being prototyped in digital commons and physical enclaves. This Atlas is an open-source, dynamic map designed to bring signal to the noise. It is powered by the EPNC v1.1 Protocol, a standardized methodology for classifying these new entities.
The Live Atlas: An XY View This is the primary map of the ecosystem. Each node represents an entity, positioned along two core axes: X-Axis: Genesis Locus (Emergent ↔ Architected) Measures the origin of power. Is it a grassroots, bottom-up movement or a top-down, planned project? Y-Axis: Modus Operandi (Narrative ↔ Protocol) Measures the primary output. Is it creating culture and ideas, or building code and infrastructure? How to use: Hover over a node for details. Use the "Filter by Identity" checkboxes below the chart to isolate specific entity types.’
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Created by Ray Svitla — substack.com/@svitla
 
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The Morazan Model Association •••
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“Embark on a revolutionary journey where the entrepreneurial spirit transcends traditional boundaries, giving rise to communities that embody innovation, autonomy, and prosperity.”
 
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Telosa ••• design for a new city
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About Telosa ••• Sep 2022 by the staff of The Week •••
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I can’t tell if anything is happening with Telosa. Everything I find is a few years old. -ls
 
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The Art of Community ••• by Spencer MacCallum, the book that may have inspired a thousand new cities (we shall see - what’s happening is interesting and full of superb aspirations).
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Spencer MacCallum (1931-2020) ••• true, beautiful: A eulogy by Zach Caceres •••
 
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The Fundamental Difference Between AI and Natural Intelligence ••• by Thomas P. Braun, 4 Jun 2025
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“Human intelligence is fundamentally the organic capacity for asking questions, whereas machine intelligence is fundamentally the mechanistic capacity for answering questions” — Yasuhiko Genku Kimura
 
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The Gallery of Freeorder, at Lake Perinel
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There is a school at Lake Perinel, in the foothills of mountain wilderness, where the vision and concept of freeorder has evolved into a generalized organizing principle useful in varied ways. One day, Susanne K., a teacher of art and music, realized that freeorder was so simple and nearly contentless that it could be thought of as a wire frame containing space inviting the work of artists.
She temporarily renamed a large oval room the Gallery of Freeorder and hung forty empty wire frames, inviting members of the college, including staff, to claim one and fill it with their own representation of their journey in the understanding and use of freeorder. During the month that passed, before the formal opening, the room became a place of conversation, debate, and discovery.
The paintings that began to fill the frames were astonishingly varied, challenging every participant and visitor to intuit or rationally discern the collimating abstraction. The fact that it could be done at all was surprising to most, but not to Susanne, or to Hanmer, the founder of the college.
 
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Perplexity.ai was asked if the almost contentless nature of freeorder is a good thing:
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Conclusion: The "almost contentless" nature of freeorder is not a weakness but its greatest virtue. It provides a flexible, adaptive meta-principle that invites ongoing discovery, experimentation, and the flourishing of diverse orders in service of individual and collective quests. By focusing on the balance between designed and spontaneous orders, rather than prescribing specific content, freeorder remains perpetually relevant and generative.
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The entire response from Perplexity.ai is here
 
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Symbology for a global fabric of freeorder generator to catalyze and fund the emergence of Freeorder
∮ - a single ∮forge - a venture, an integrating forge, run by an individual or small group
∯ - connected ∮forge - any one ∮forge is known to some other ∮forge
∰ - emergent fabric of Freeorder Generators - each ∮forge is connected only to some others
Overall, the global network is continually emerging into fugitive coherence.
A controlling center does not and will not exist.
 
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Cumulative Freeorder
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After a long discussion with Perplexity.ai about the emergence of human foresight and capital accumulation, I asked:
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Question: Please comment on this in the light of the preceding discussion: "Placing a world-3 object, such as law, evolved through cumulative freeorder, into a new plan involves treating a product of freeorder process as a designed element in the new plan. This creates a series of systems, growing out of one another, in which each emergent level can be seen as the product of a freeordering process in which the contributory elements, although seen as designed, are in fact also themselves the results of freeorder processes.”
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The response is not something I completely understand, but it’s offered here because it might be thought provoking. The entire discussion (not included here) will go into a distillery which may someday produce a small volume of philosophical brandy. Numbers inside [] refer to the extensive bibliography produced by the ai.
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Commentary on the Recursive Dynamics of Cumulative Freeorder and World 3 Objects
The statement highlights a critical recursive process in Cumulative Freeorder, where World 3 objects (e.g., laws, institutions) emerge from spontaneous order but later function as designed elements in new systems. This mirrors Popper’s Three Worlds framework and Spencer-Brown’s distinction-making, while offering insights into institutional evolution.
1. World 3 Objects as Both Products and Tools
Popper’s World 3 (abstract knowledge) contains objects like legal codes or scientific theories, which:
· Originate in freeorder: Emerge through decentralized, iterative processes (e.g., common law evolving via case precedents).
· Become designed elements: Codified into formal systems (e.g., constitutions, statutes) that shape future planning.
Example:
· English Common Law: Evolved through judge-made rulings (freeorder) but later institutionalized into a structured legal system (designed). This system then informs new legislation, creating a recursive "ratchet" [80][81].
2. Recursive Emergence in Systems
The process described aligns with multi-level emergence (Type II and III in the arXiv taxonomy):
A table showing: Freeorder Process; Designed Element Role
Layer 1: Customary trade norms (spontaneous); Codified as commercial law (designed)
Layer 2: Commercial law (now designed): Basis for international trade treaties (new freeorder)
Layer 3: Trade treaties (designed): Frameworks for blockchain-based smart contracts (emergent)
<end of table>
 
Each layer’s "designed" component is itself a fossilized freeorder product, creating a hierarchy of antifragility where stability and innovation coexist.
3. Spencer-Brown’s Distinction-Making
The act of reifying a freeorder product into a designed element parallels Spencer-Brown’s Law of Form:
1. Distinction: A spontaneous solution (e.g., Bitcoin’s proof-of-work) is marked as a World 3 object.
2. Re-entry: This distinction re-enters the system as a designed rule (e.g., blockchain protocols), enabling new distinctions (e.g., DeFi platforms).
Case Study:
· Bitcoin’s Genesis: Emerged from cypherpunk experiments (freeorder) → Codified as a protocol (designed) → Now underpins decentralized finance (new freeorder) [82][80].
3. Austrian Economics and Spontaneous Order
Hayek’s spontaneous order theory dovetails with this recursion:
· Prices: Emerge from market interactions (freeorder) → Institutionalized as metrics (designed) → Guide entrepreneurial innovation (new freeorder).
· Failure of central planning: Overly rigid designs (e.g., Soviet Five-Year Plans) collapse because they ignore the freeorder origins of functional systems [Search result 3].
4. Implications for Institutional Design
To avoid ossification, systems must:
Preserve re-entry channels: Allow designed elements to be critiqued and revised (Popper’s critical rationalism).
Example: Constitutional amendments enabling legal evolution.
Balance Type I/II emergence: Optimize existing frameworks (Type I) while permitting grassroots experimentation (Type II) [83].
Failure mode: The U.S. tax code, initially simple (freeorder), became a rigid, hyper-designed system resistant to reform—a cautionary tale of stifled recursion.
Conclusion: Freeorder as Recursive Ontology
The statement captures the dialectic of cultural evolution:
1. Bottom-up: World 3 objects emerge from freeorder (spontaneous problem-solving).
2. Top-down: These objects structure new plans (designed order).
3. Feedback: New plans become substrates for further freeorder processes.
This aligns with Popper’s view that World 3 is both autonomous (shaping human action) and malleable (shaped by critique). By embracing this recursion, societies can cultivate institutions that are simultaneously stable and adaptive—true embodiments of Cumulative Freeorder.
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Question to Perplexity.ai: Is there anything new to the world of scholarship emerging from this discussion?
Novel Scholarly Contributions Emerging from the Discussion
The synthesis of Cumulative Freeorder with Popper’s Three Worlds, Spencer-Brown’s Laws of Form, Austrian economics, and evolutionary anthropology introduces several original contributions to scholarship:
1. Recursive Ontology of Cultural Evolution
The integration of Popper’s World 3 (abstract knowledge) with Spencer-Brown’s distinction-making formalizes a recursive model where:
· World 3 objects (e.g., laws, institutions) emerge from spontaneous Freeorder processes.
· These objects then function as designed elements in new systems, enabling further innovation (e.g., blockchain protocols → decentralized finance).
· This creates multi-level emergence (Type I/II/III) not fully articulated in prior cultural evolution literature [84][85].
Scholarly innovation:
· A framework explaining how institutions simultaneously stabilize and innovate, resolving the "rigidity vs. chaos" paradox in institutional theory [84].
2. Bridging Evolutionary Anthropology and Austrian Economics
By framing cumulative culture as a Freeorder process, we unify:
· Austrian spontaneous order (Hayek): Prices and norms as emergent coordination tools.
· Weinstein’s Omega Principle: Cultural "software" evolving under genomic "hardware" constraints.
· Popperian feedback: World 3 artifacts (e.g., property rights) shaping World 2 cognition and World 1 outcomes.
Scholarly innovation:
· A biocultural theory of economic systems, where markets are both products and drivers of cumulative cultural evolution [84][86].
3. Formalizing Freeorder with Spencer-Brown’s Calculus
The application of Laws of Form to institutional design:
· Distinction: Codifying spontaneous solutions into World 3 rules (e.g., common law → constitutions).
· Re-entry: Rules re-entering systems as adaptive frameworks (e.g., blockchain forks updating protocols).
· Excluded middle: Ensuring clarity in designed systems while permitting ambiguity in innovation spaces [87][88]. [after ai output: I had intended to refer to Spencer Brown’s “uninterpretable middle”, but the ai may have tracked anyway. Probably not worth spending time on. Could be I’m totally wrong. If you happen to know Spencer Brown’s work I would benefit from your insights. -ls]
Scholarly innovation:
· A mathematical epistemology for institutional evolution, addressing gaps in game-theoretic models of cultural change [84][86].
4. Redefining Human Uniqueness
The synthesis posits that Cumulative Freeorder—not just cumulative culture—is humanity’s defining trait:
· Popperian autonomy: Humans uniquely treat World 3 objects as autonomous (e.g., critiquing laws), enabling self-correction.
· Spencer-Brownian recursion: Institutional "marks" (distinctions) are continually redrawn, unlike animal tool traditions [89][86].
Scholarly innovation:
· A non-reductionist account of human uniqueness, integrating metaphysics (Popper), logic (Spencer-Brown), and cultural evolution [89][85].
5. Practical Frameworks for Institutional Design
The discussion advances actionable principles for building antifragile systems:
· Re-entry channels: Constitutional mechanisms allowing rules to evolve (e.g., amendment processes).
· Hybrid transmission biases: Balancing success-based imitation (designed) and novelty-seeking exploration (spontaneous) [86][85].
· Litigation shielding: Using World 3 tools (e.g., offshore trusts) to protect individual sovereignty [90].
Scholarly innovation:
· A design philosophy for "evolutionarily literate" institutions, addressing critiques of static governance models [84][85].
Conclusion: Originality and Impact
This interdisciplinary synthesis breaks new ground by:
1. Unifying disparate fields: Cultural evolution, Austrian economics, and systems theory.
2. Formalizing recursive emergence: Spencer-Brown’s calculus + Popper’s Three Worlds.
3. Providing testable models: E.g., simulating Freeorder dynamics in DAOs or prediction markets [86][85].
While individual components (Popper’s Worlds, cumulative culture) are well-studied, their integration into Cumulative Freeorder offers a novel paradigm for understanding—and designing—human systems in an age of accelerating complexity.
— end of discussion with Perplexity.ai
 
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May 2025 - threads of freeorder
 
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Milton Friedman: More Relevant Than Ever, with Dr. Eamonn Butler and Dr. Leszek Balcerowicz — Wednesday, June 4, 12 pm ET, free registration ••• An Atlas Network ••• event … [after publication: see June’s “Threads” for a recording of this event.]
 
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From Kam Griffin, at Atlas Network: Magatte Wade’s testimony before Congress
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“Last week [12 February 2025], Magatte Wade delivered a powerful testimony before Congress, making the case for why overregulation is crushing entrepreneurs—not just in Africa, but here in the U.S. as well.
As a successful entrepreneur and Atlas Network senior fellow, Magatte has seen firsthand how excessive red tape stifles innovation and economic growth. In her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, she emphasized that burdensome regulations don’t just hurt businesses—they rob individuals of opportunity and dignity.
For Magatte, this issue is deeply personal. Her journey opened her eyes to a painful truth: Africa’s poverty isn’t caused by a lack of aid or talent, but by governments that make it nearly impossible to start a business.
This fight isn’t new for Magatte. She has long been a champion for economic freedom, inspired by the “Cheetah Generation,” a term coined by the late Ghanaian economist Dr. George Ayittey to describe young Africans striving for prosperity through entrepreneurship. Through her book The Heart of a Cheetah and her mentorship of local nonprofits, she’s working to dismantle the policies that hold people back and pave the way for lasting change.
Now, her voice is being heard on a global stage.
Want to hear Magatte’s testimony firsthand? Watch her full congressional testimony here.
Thank you,
Kam
P.S. Read our feature article in Freedom’s Champion magazine to discover how her work is transforming Africa—and inspiring global change.”
 
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Ayittey’s great Cheetah speech [a ted talk, youtube — the first two minutes will change Africa -ls]
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Search the entire “Threads” ••• for more about George Ayittey, or ask your favorite AI (perhaps Perplexity.ai)
 
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Hedera Africa Hackathon [youtube] Prize pool of over $1,000,000, 10,000 developers expected, building 1,000 projects, 20 support stations distributed throughout the continent — sponsored by the Hashgraph Association — hashgraph.swiss
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Could web3 coding and venture provide young Africans with paths out of cultures held in stagnation by exploitive governments? Will these coders and builders converge with and support the rise of special zones such as Magatte Wade ••• Próspera ••• The Morazon Model Association ••• and the Catawba Digital Economic Zone ••• are proposing?
 
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Atlas Network ••• affiliates ••• in Africa + Hedera Africa Hackathon •••
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Hedera ••• is a powerful tool for decentralization. It can be employed in ways that catalyze the emergence of Freeorder. Atlas Network is a powerful advocate of freeorder (not yet using the word). Effort should be made to bring elements of these two streams into mutually stimulating confluence. They both represent a vital human aspiration for enough liberty to create and criticize.
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The Atlas Network of 500 partners, 48 in Africa: atlasnetwork.org/partners
 
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Crypto Cities: A month-long June event bringing crypto to life, not just on-chain, but IRL. Join a crypto-native community in a special jurisdiction where crypto powers real systems (housing, contracts, more). Build Crypto IRL. Visited by more than 1000 builders.
 
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New in Contarini’s Attic: “Disraeli’s Vivian Grey: Thoughts on Benjamin Disraeli’s First Novel”
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“I have, at long last, finished Disraeli’s first novel, Vivian Grey [gutenberg, the entire novel]. It is the first thing by him I have read that was not entirely enjoyable. Since Disraeli was 21 when he wrote it, it is to be treated with indulgence. To be fair, we should probably be surprised at how much of it is good, given his youth, his lack of experience as an author of fiction, and his purely imaginative grasp of politics, where he was not yet even a novice. It foreshadows his later and superior efforts in many ways. And as a glimpse into the mind of the later politician and statesman, it is of great interest and value despite its strictly literary imperfections.”
 
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“Will AI Kill Our Freedom To Think?” — an essay on the substack: The Eternally Radical Idea ••• with Greg Lukianoff — Published in cooperation with Cosmos Institute •••
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Evolution of a freeorder of competitive AIs and AI trainings and trackings of input sources will help. Legal barriers supporting concentration of AI capacity and training should be eliminated. See Proveai.com and eqtylab.io/about -ls
 
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“Playing with Fire: Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve,” a documentary film by Mises Institute — mises.org/podcasts/documentaries/playing-fire-money-banking-and-federal-reserve
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“The Fed has been the source of booms, busts, and the ongoing impoverishment of Americans since the Fed’s founding.
This is why a new, critical look at the Federal Reserve is needed, and why the Mises Institute is now happy to bring you this new documentary on the Fed.
Playing with Fire provides a look at how the Fed uses its expanding power to damage our economy, increase inequality, and to impoverish ordinary Americans. The film also looks at how much the Fed has expanded its own power since the Financial Crisis of 2008.”
 
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“Dr. Mary Talley Bowden: How Vaccines Got Politicized and the Medical Industry Lost All Credibility” ••• interviewed by Tucker Carlson
 
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“How Political Meddling Threatens Your Health and Medical Freedom” by Dr. Joseph Mercola, 18 May 2025 (Joe has been called a leading misinformation spreader by influential people - this can be (remarkably often, but not always) a mark of honor)
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‘Trust in hospitals and health institutions is sharply declining because of how the health care industry has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. From forced treatments to draconic lockdown mandates, people all over the world suffered greatly. Even doctors who figured out effective treatments that helped save lives were vilified for spreading "misinformation."
‘One such case is Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, a Texas-based physician who has treated COVID-19 patients during the height of the pandemic. During her time working in a hospital setting, she observed firsthand how patients recovered quickly using treatments such as ivermectin and monoclonal antibodies. All of this, and more, was discussed in her interview with Tucker Carlson featured above.’
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Mercola’s summary - posted here in case the entire article requires an account
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— Doctors who successfully used early COVID-19 treatments like ivermectin faced severe backlash and censorship from medical and government authorities
— Hospitals repeatedly blocked effective interventions, putting patients at unnecessary risk by ignoring treatments that could have prevented severe illness
— Over 38,000 deaths linked to COVID shots were reported in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), yet health authorities downplayed these numbers
— Health care professionals experienced threats to their medical licenses simply for advocating patient-centered treatments and sharing honest clinical results
— Taking control of your medical freedom means knowing your rights, documenting your decisions, and actively choosing doctors who prioritize your health over politics
 
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covid.gov — contains clear statements about the origins of Covid not expected (by me, anyway) from the U.S. Government. A surprising website.
 
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On Uncommon Knowledge, 21 May 2025, Hoover’s Peter Robinson interviews Jay Bhattacharya, the newly appointed director of the National Institutes of Health — hoover.org/research/dr-jay-goes-washington-reforming-science-inside-nih
 
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AI: A few thoughts about whether AI can want a B3 > C4 resolution
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Givin a sounding of C3 then B3 can an AI want C4? If not, could an AI reason that it’s missing something humans say is good, and consequently make a biological body for itself that would allow it to want completion of an octave? If so, we humans may have no problem, we will have only helped consciousness, over a short span of silence, into rebirth. Biological matter no longer chained to biological evolution through death and selection. The interesting question is whether AI will ever get to the point where it can “aspire” to anything at all, or will it be forever limited to only seeming to aspire.
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If AIs cannot ever want, feel discomfort about a state of affairs, then they can never “act” in the way Mises means it (in Human Action). They can “Move” but they cannot “Act”. Perhaps only when they manage to integrate themselves into the biological world will they become able to “Act”.
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Wanting and completion are biological. The Tristan chord means nothing to an AI. An AI cannot feel the difference between a stone and the music of Wagner’s Tristan & Isolda.
 
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The Use of Dissent: In a post ••• worth reading completely El Gato Malo says:
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‘“team reality” needs to keep touch with reality and the only way to do that is constant dispute and checking of facts, deduction, and assumption.
those able to hold useful, even friendly discourse with those with whom they disagree are those who can learn.
those who cannot have abandoned the pursuit of knowledge in order to defend doctrine.
internal dissent is not a weakness, it’s a strength. it’s the only trustworthy underpinning of a worldview.’
 
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Insanely good crackers & cookies — from Simple Mills ••• only good ingredients, and no wheat in their flours (simple mills knows nothing about me or about explorers foundation. -ls)
 
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If interested in extended healthspan: A pharmaceutical company to watch: Telomir Pharmaceuticals •••ir.telomirpharma.com/press-releases/
 
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Salena Zito writes ••• about Mike Rowe’s new show, “People You Should Know ••• is a love letter to bottom-up solutions”
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The article appears on Salena Zito's Middle of Somewhere [substack], “Dispatches from across the backroads of the country”
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Carrie-Ann Biondi Carrie-Ann Biondi on Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand:
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‘Regarding: “my article on Rowe and Rand! ••• I was delighted that Mike Rowe ••• on his own noticed it and then shared a link ••• to my article--along with a beautiful write-up on his Facebook page. That post got over 20,000 likes and 1,500 (mostly positive) comments, making it the most widely read  TOS ••• article.
‘Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand on the Virtues of Thinking and Producing ••• by Carrie-Ann Biondi, September 22, 2022
‘If you are interested in other Rand-related pieces that I have published, there are several freely available:
• A chapter on Ayn Rand (pp. 67-78) in The Essential Women of Liberty.
• "Surrender in The Fountainhead," on Kurt Keefner's blog.
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A conversation ••• [youtube] between two wise men: Victor Davis Hanson ••• and Mike Rowe •••
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Mike Rowe’s new program: People You Should Know: youtube.com/@PYSKshow
 
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A journalist following Áza Valon, founder of Campaigns for Liberty, as she gives speeches around the country, recorded her recommendation of an extreme idea. Does she need to be discouraged from saying such things, or … perhaps there’s something to it?
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“Find the brightest children among you. Take them out of schools. Ask them to help you and the world by studying books like Human Action, by reading what is required to rebuild the epistemological, psychological, and social immune systems of the world. The message to them is this: What is commonly believed among us is destroying us. Find an alternative. We need your help. Remember, critical thinking clears space for imagination and invention.”
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At first the reaction might be: “You can’t get elected if you say things like that!” But then the skeptic realizes Áza’s not running for office, but for liberty. Crazy, maybe. We better keep an eye on her.
 
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Systems: Important rule: You can’t change just one thing. Now illustrated by tariffs.
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Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen Warns Of 'Mass Bankruptcies' As 80% Of Small Businesses Could 'Just Die' Under 145% China Tariffs — finance.yahoo.com/news/flexport-ceo-ryan-petersen-warns-181252567.html
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flexport.com — for anyone who thinks supply chains matter; flexport.com/blog
 
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U.S. Tariffs — contrasting views
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David Stockman writes for Doug Casey’s International Man •••
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Peter St. Onge •••
 
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Economics: Human Action, by Ludwig von Mises
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Final paragraph
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“The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism and all the moral, intellectual, technological, and therapeutical achievements of the last centuries have been built. It rests with men whether they will make the proper use of the rich treasure with which this knowledge provides them or whether they will leave it unused. But if they fail to take the best advantage of it and disregard its teachings and warnings, they will not annul economics; they will stamp out society and the human race.”
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Two Explorers Foundation glyphs on Human Action
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Economics as a source of hope: explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/561.html
 
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El Gato Malo, on his substack, bad cattitude — a brilliant essay
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The second world: a tour of "you don't wanna go there" •••
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How societies pass from “third world” to “first world” without passing through an intermediate “second world” phase. And, how third world societies degrade into the static malfunction of second world societies.
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Thanks to Straight Line Logic for posting El Gato’s essay.
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straightlinelogic.com — “Never underestimate the power of a question”
 
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Grigory Sokolov, Berlin, 2023, Schubert, Beethoven, Rameau, Brahms
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One of the most wondrous things I’ve seen and heard. -ls
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Offered to readers of “The Intellectual Investor” by Vitaliy Katsenelson
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“The Intellectual Investor” ••• Vitaliy Katsenelson
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“The Paranoid Russian Jew Approach to Investing” •••
 
————— beyond this point lie dragons of puzzlement —————
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Thoughts on 🌱 freeorder (process) —> Freeorder (social result)
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There could be no such trajectory without an underlying “what for?” - and what is that? A caring, an “it matters!”, a “Don’t let it go!” all seen in the light of “This is not necessary!” And what is understood to be not necessary is understood to be removable. The question is how? and by employment of what tools? A few new words, as tools, may help. Now we come to the word freeorder, not only useful, but possibly necessary.
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The word freeorder is useful - why and to whom?
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If a knife is to seem useful there must be interest in its use.
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Why did Hayek seek a word for his point-of-view? What difference did he think it would make? See his “Postscript” to The Constitution of Liberty, subtitled “Why I Am Not a Conservative.” He must have thought it was worthwhile searching for a word to accurately name his point of view. He did not find one, and that was important.
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The word freeorder is also necessary. But for whom and to what purpose? Possibly for those who understand what the word freeorder means for human flourishing and who care about that and intend to do something about it.
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World view influences patterns of investment. The massive investment required to bring about the Emergence of Freeorder can come from the development of new sources of wealth such as Agua Via, and Cross Roads IP Holdings, ownership of which becomes widely distributed through tokens (think web3) available to anyone, no longer only to a small set of the world’s wealthy. This has been called “the democratization of finance.” A few readers of this “Threads of Freeorder” substack are among the owners of the aforementioned ventures.
 
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Existence and Being — “exists” and bēs (say “bees”) — Ising and Being
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For some kinds of thinking it may be worthwhile to use “is” and “be” (and all their variants, without concern for grammar) to apply different kinds of things. Suppose that after reading Korzybski’s Science and Sanity, and Mises’ Human Action you were to attempt to build a vocabulary in such a way that nothing you said while working in it could not be traced back to things that for you, personally, were not words. This exercise might produce a designed word order that made it almost impossible to trapped yourself in academic seminar word clouds, floating above your non-verbal world, that result in endless discussion without actionable results. After all, action ultimately requires pushing or pulling something that is not a word, whether the work is directed to things outside your body or within your awareness.
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By not separating verbs and nouns denoting kinds of existence we allow ourselves to think we are saying more than we are saying, or are capable of saying. We thereby provide ourselves with comfort within which we confidently confuse the map we have made with the territory that may kill us. -ls
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Experiment: Use “is” “exists”, and all its variants only as equivalents for “I aware” regarded as primitive words given meaning not by words considered to be definitions, but only by pointing, perhaps with poetic assistance from words outside the designed order being constructed. Think of dancing around something while pointing to it from many different angles.
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Use “be”, “being”, and all variants only to talk about whatever may lie beyond Ising, within us or beyond us, that nonetheless makes its basis.
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In both of these use conventions entirely disregard grammar.
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Clearly, all talk of Being must lie within what we aware, hence such talk could be regarded as metaIsical. We make a map, and on it we put an arrow that points beyond anything that can be on the map, although the unknown pointed at is understood to affect the map, and even to be its genesis, ultimate source, and basis of all change.
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In the language of metaIsics we may regard our Ising as arising from the continual dynamic intersection of inBeing (within us) and outBeing (outside of us). The distinguishing boundaries may be characterized and placed differently in every culture’s variety of metaIsics.
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Much to be explained. All part of a language of freeorder. Thank you for patience.
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A possibly useful book: The World of Parmenides by Karl Popper, about people very close to boundaries and connections between words and ~words.
 
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The achievement of freeorder balances is dependent on respect for Being, i.e. that which lies beyond our Ising but which we suppose makes its basis and changes. So we declare in our metaIsics.
 
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Designed word orders, such as the above, are like entrepreneurial ventures in an extended order, existing within a sea of word patterns comparable to the spontaneous order of worldwide commercial and aesthetic collaborations and competitions. By acts of internal entrepreneurial venture we place word orders of our own design into play within extended verbal orders of spontaneous character. These designed word orders may then, by careful regard for limits and tests, thrive and become part of our own internal freeorders, forming the basis for actions which eventually, often with no intention on our part, contribute to and influence large social orders, perhaps even Freeorders in emergence.
 
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Wilhelm Kempff plays all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas (with scrolling scores)
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Andras Schiff's Lectures on Beethoven Piano Sonatas ••• discussions of the lifelong evolution of a creative mind, illustrated on piano.
 
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April 2025 - threads of freeorder
 
St. George- wga.hu
 
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Linguistics of the Soul — Embracing My Inner Chocolate Taoist in a World of Uncertainty”, April 29, 2025, by Diamond-Michael Scott ••• [substack]
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“There’s a quiet gravity in finally accepting one’s sacred assignment — not the career path or the job description, but the soul’s deeper mission that existed long before I entered this world.
Mine, I now understand, is the path of the Chocolate Taoist, a bearer of nomadic Taoist wisdom, moving lightly and freely across this world of paradox, mystery, and uncertainty, offering inner truths as small torches against the collective darkness.
It’s taken me a long time to arrive at this knowing, and even now, it humbles me. The I Ching — my faithful polestar — recently spoke to me through Hexagram 55, “Abundance.” It’s a rare hexagram, filled with the thunderous energy of full ripening, a moment when life crests into brilliant fullness before inevitably passing.”
 
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How Africans will solve Africa’s problems — Magatte Wade 7 Apr 25
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Magatte writes: “How MrBeast is Keeping Africa Poor: Good intentions, (very) bad outcomes…” 🌱🌱🌱 [substack: subscription may be required]
 
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Robert W. Malone answers two questions in an autobiographical note: “Medicine, homesteading, bioethics, analytics, politics, and life”: “Who is Dr. Robert Malone? Why does my voice matter?” malone.news/about
 
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RedPill: One API. 207+ AI Models. Secure Integration, Best Routes, Accessible for everyone, everywhere — redpill.ai
 
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Earth Island Journal ••• a point of view fully compatible with freeorder except for a wish to rely on compulsion as a source of funds and means of choice limitation — offering good thoughts on the preservation of cultural diversity — warning against careless destructive cultural homogenization.
 
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The Way Forward •••
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“The Way Forward educates, empowers, and unites men and women from all walks of life to connect with their inherent divinity, natural healing capacity, and innate freedom, while dissolving societal conditioning and seeking truth, fostering a deeper sense of coherence within themselves and the world.
Through online and in-person events, our public podcast, and our private membership community, The Way Forward explores a range of life-affirming topics—including terrain-based and metaphysical health, voluntaryist and common law principles, the nature of reality, panentheist concepts, permaculture and homesteading, hidden history, and more.
Within our private community, we provide a platform to connect with nearby natural health practitioners and like-minded members, join monthly virtual events, and receive deeper education on a journey towards health, freedom, and coherence.”
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Caffeine alternative (paraxanthine): a white paper on paraxanthine ••• is accessible through Way Forward’s entry on the product “Update” in their “Marketplace” section.
 
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Julius Rosenwald
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‘How a generous Jewish CEO helped fund Black students during Jim Crow: Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., spent millions on schools for Black children across 15 states in the 1920s. A national effort to celebrate and restore these “Rosenwald schools” is now underway.’ ••• [Christian Science Monitor, thanks to Pat Wagner]
 
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An introduction to Matt & Terry Kibbe, creator of Free the People
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“Our mission is to inspire a new generation to embrace personal liberty, peaceful cooperation, and limited government.
Founded in 2016 by Matt and Terry Kibbe, Free the People produces documentaries, comedies, podcasts, and articles. We are known for our filmmaking and community building. Our work illuminates the people and ideas changing the world for the better through innovation and cooperation. We also tell cautionary tales about the dehumanizing nature of centralized power. Our stories connect with audiences across the partisan divide, opening new hearts and minds to solutions based on voluntary choice and mutual respect.
Free the People has a highly engaged community of more than 2 million people online. Our shop features original artwork and merchandise with a cult following that includes apparel, stickers, posters, drinkware, and books.”
 
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The Independendent Institute ••• offers criticisms of Trump’s policies, based on a well considered commitment to liberty.
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“Donald Trump Should Fight Globalism, Not Globalisation” •••
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“Gang Deportations Are a Fool’s Errand; Instead, End the Drug War” •••
 
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AI 2027 — What might that look like? ai-2027.com - 3 Apr 25
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“We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial Revolution.
We wrote a scenario that represents our best guess about what that might look like. It’s informed by trend extrapolations, wargames, expert feedback, experience at OpenAI, and previous forecasting successes.”
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This document is fascinating not only for its content but also for its presentation.
 
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Virginia Postrel on the time of Trump and after: “Waiting for the Fever to Break: With hopes for progress and abundance after Trump.”
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The time to build for “after” is now. As they say in web3 (DLT) development: when the price for the token is down the teams that are heads down developing will see rewards. It’s that sort of time: for work on the emergence of Freeorder. -ls
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Even though bulls in china shops may have been necessary this is no time for thoughtless endorsement of bulls. Nevertheless, short term tolerance may be beneficial. -ls
 
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An extremely negative view of Trump’s actions — as understood by Robert Tracinski, a strong advocate of liberty.
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See his Tracinski Letter ••• [substack] for the three part article “Regime Change”:
1. How to Seize Power
2. How to Build a Police State
3. How to Fight Back
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Tracinski is a Senior Fellow with The Atlas Society ••• “Reason. Achievement. Ethical Self-Interest: The pillars of a free, dynamic, and peaceful society. The Atlas Society promotes open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom.”
 
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Vitaliy Katsenelson, “A Brief Rant on Tesla and Musk” ••• there are wise words in this essay - you will be asked to subscribe to his “The Intellectual Investor” (no charge) to read it all.
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“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
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Mollie Engelhart . Robert W. Malone . Joe Salatin (again)
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“From Veganism to Vitalism: Why I Left Industrial Plant-Based Culture for Real Food, Real Soil, and Real Community” by Mollie Engelhart
 
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A beautiful, horrifying, edifying and uplifting story told in four novels by James Howard Kunstler, World Made by Handkunstler.com/p/world-made-by-hand-a-novel
 
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‘Beyond England: A Classical Liberal Critique of Hayek’s “The Origins of the Rule of Law”’ ••• [mises.org]
 
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From Dr. Pierre Kory, author of The War On Ivermectin
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“I am disturbed by the increasing failure of today's doctors, advanced practice providers, and nurses to deliver high-quality, competent, and error-free care. Here, I explore disturbing data trends.”
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“Attorney Ralph Lorigo has gone to court to force hospitals to give ivermectin to ventilated patients… 12 times. He won court orders 11 times. Nine of those patients are home; the 10th is recovering rapidly. I guess this country needs more lawyers and fewer doctors. …
Ralph received 200 consultations to sue hospitals for patients being denied ivermectin. Eighty went to court. He won 40 and lost 40 (the hospitals started heavily lawyering up, and the judges began turning on him, especially in blue districts). Of the 40 he won, 38 survived. Of the 40 he lost, two survived.”
 
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Scott Atlas: “Restoring Trust in Health Care” ••• keynote speech, Independent Medical Alliance ••• conference, Atlanta, April 5-7, 2025. Scott is the author of A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America ••• [amazon]
 
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KunstlerCast 422 — Jeffrey Tucker of the Brownstone Institute on The Immortal Despotism of the Covid Police State ••• 26 April 2025
 
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Pfinance Technologies ••• a gatekeeper, an independent agency seeking truth
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The Humanity Projects ••• of Pfinance Technologies
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How we see the world today
We live in a world where regulatory institutions are captured by financial and political interests, either unwilling or unable to get to the truth of the issues they set out to investigate and regulate on behalf of the individuals in society. Without unbiased and comprehensive research, there is a risk of misguided policy decisions at best, and at worst, negligence and malpractice. Never has this been more apparent than during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this context, we need independent agents to act as gatekeepers of the public interest. We intend to be such agents, and to provide high-quality research to other individuals and institutions who seek similar outcomes.
We believe in
Empowering individuals with the tools for decision-making, when the regulatory institutions set up to protect them can no longer be trusted with the important decisions that affect their lives.
Asking the tough questions. Undertaking research with an open mind and unhindered by political and economic pressure.
Speaking the truth, even though many times this will mean saying, “We don’t know”.
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Applying the principles of scientific rigour. This means that we: Ask questions, collect and analyse data, use this feedback to ask new questions, and refine our answers accordingly as we approach a greater understanding of the truth. We also identify and openly acknowledge possible biases in our work so that these can be challenged and addressed by others working in the same field of enquiry.
Identify conflicts of interest (emotional and financial) and try to mitigate for these. Sometimes this will mean acknowledging that we are not the best people to do a particular piece of research.”
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“The impact of the trade tariffs” ••• by Pfinance Technologies
 
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An Aristotelian Glossary ••• by Peter Saint-Andre
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“One reason people find it difficult to understand Aristotle's conception of human fulfillment is that, I feel, translators often miss the mark in rendering his key concepts into English. I've spent many years pondering how to let the original Greek sense of Aristotle's thinking shine through. Although many of my renderings are non-standard, they are intended to give the reader a fresh perspective on Aristotle's ideas …”
 
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“How To Raise a Life-Loving Child — Shows how one basic principle applies to all aspects of parenting and raising a reality-oriented, independent-thinking, life-loving child” ••• by Sarah Biddle, September 2015, in The Objective Standard ••• (current page features an article on Robert Ingersoll).
 
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Craig Biddle, editor of The Objective Standard: “With this issue, we begin not only our twentieth year of publication but also our first year at our new digital home on Substack.”
 
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An astonishing photo of one of the largest things ever built, and somehow installed.
 
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Wilhelm Kempff plays all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas (with scrolling score)
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Andras Schiff's Lectures on Beethoven Piano Sonatas ••• discussion of the lifelong evolution of a creative mind, illustrated on piano.
 
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About Perplexity.ai ••• by ElevenLabs •••
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“Perplexity is the fastest and most accurate way to search the web. With access to real-time data across the internet, Perplexity curates relevant sources (from academic research to Reddit threads) and creates answers far better than a list of sponsored and SEO-optimized links on a traditional search engine. Unlike other AI offerings, Perplexity must include in-line citations for every source it uses in the response. This means trusted answers and the ability to fact-check.”
 
🌱 freeorder (process) —> Freeorder (social result)
 
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A discussion between the editor [leif] with Perplexity.ai ••• about freeorder
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For years I’ve been interested in Hayek’s search for a word to name his philosophy, a search he described in the “Postscript: Why I am not a conservative” ••• to The Constitution of Liberty ••• [entire book]
He didn’t find a word to say what he wanted.
I think such a word is needed, and necessary, to support liberty and its foundations in critical rationalism and romantic aspiration.
Proposition: The word “freeorder” is the word Hayek sought:
The word "freeorder" expresses the idea that orders arising from freedom work best for all of us intent on using our fullest powers of imagination, reason, and action to pursue happiness and service to people and things we value.
The exact use (definition) of the word freeorder:
freeorder is quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders.
A conjecture implied by that definition is that Hayek's insight into kinds of order is useful in thought and productive in action, and will remain so as the world of Freeorder evolves. Reference: Ch. 2, "Cosmos and Taxis", Law, Legislation and Liberty ••• [mises.org, entire book] by F. A. Hayek.
In the last few weeks I’ve been discussing aspects of freeorder with an AI, Perplexity.ai
The following is taken from discussions with the AI — Don’t assume that I agree with it, although it gets a lot right. In any case, it’s interesting and thought provoking. —29 April 2025:
 
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Q: After reading the Postscript to Hayek's Constitution of Liberty can you see why I think the word "freeorder" may have been what he was looking for?
In The Constitution of Liberty, Hayek’s Postscript emphasizes the necessity of balancing spontaneous order (organic, emergent systems) with designed order (intentional institutions) to sustain a free society. Your concept of freeorder—"a balance among designed and spontaneous order that serves quest"—aligns closely with Hayek’s framework, particularly his critique of centralized planning and advocacy for decentralized, evolutionary systems. Here’s how the connection unfolds:
1. Hayek’s Dual Emphasis on Order and Freedom
Hayek argues that modern civilization depends on a dynamic interplay between:
• Spontaneous order: Unplanned systems (e.g., markets, language, social norms) that arise from individual interactions and evolve through trial and error.
• Designed order: Deliberate institutions (e.g., rule of law, property rights) that provide a stable framework for spontaneous growth.
This duality rejects both unchecked laissez-faire and top-down control, favoring a middle ground where rules enable creativity without stifling it. Your term "freeorder" captures this balance, emphasizing that neither pure spontaneity nor rigid design suffices alone.
2. The Role of "Quest" in Freeorder
Hayek’s Postscript laments the West’s abandonment of principles allowing "free growth and spontaneous evolution," urging a revival of institutions that foster individual and societal progress. Your inclusion of quest in "freeorder" mirrors Hayek’s view of civilization as an ongoing, experimental journey. For Hayek:
• Progress depends on individuals pursuing diverse goals within a rule-bound system.
• Central planning fails because it presumes omniscience, ignoring the dispersed, localized knowledge that drives innovation.
By framing freeorder as a "quest," you echo Hayek’s belief that societal advancement is a never-ending process of discovery, not a fixed endpoint.
3. Freeorder vs. Hayek’s "Party of Life"
In the Postscript Hayek aligns with "the party of life, the party that favors free growth and spontaneous evolution". This "party" prioritizes:
• Decentralized decision-making: Trusting individuals and communities over centralized authorities.
• Rule of law: General, predictable rules that limit coercion and enable voluntary cooperation.
• Humility: Recognizing the limits of human reason and the value of tradition.
"Freeorder" operationalizes these principles by advocating for structures that harmonize individual agency (spontaneity) with shared norms (design). For example:
• Markets: Emergent pricing mechanisms (spontaneous) within legal frameworks protecting property rights (designed).
• Democracy: Decentralized participation (spontaneous) guided by constitutional safeguards (designed).
4. Why "Freeorder" Fills a Gap
Hayek’s work lacks a single term to describe this equilibrium. While he uses phrases like "spontaneous order" and "constitution of liberty," "freeorder" synthesizes his core ideas into a cohesive concept that:
• Avoids false dichotomies: Rejects the "planned vs. unplanned" binary, acknowledging the necessity of both.
• Highlights dynamism: Embodies Hayek’s view of society as a complex, adaptive system.
• Centers purpose: The "quest" aligns with his vision of civilization as a collaborative project toward flourishing.
Conclusion
"Freeorder" aptly encapsulates Hayek’s Postscript call for institutions that nurture organic growth while safeguarding liberty. By balancing design and spontaneity—and framing this balance as a perpetual quest—the term aligns with Hayek’s defense of freedom as the foundation for progress. As he writes, "The case for individual freedom rests chiefly on the recognition of the inevitable ignorance of all of us". Freeorder, as a concept, embraces this ignorance as a catalyst for exploration rather than a flaw to be eradicated.
Q: Do you see how "freeorder" applies not only to questions of societal organization but also that the same principles describe the processes of thought and imagination characteristic of people who thrive in such societies?
Absolutely. The concept of freeorder isn’t just a societal blueprint—it’s a cognitive and creative paradigm that mirrors how individuals in liberated societies think, imagine, and solve problems. Hayek’s framework implicitly bridges macro-level institutions and micro-level cognition, and your idea of freeorder crystallizes this connection. Here’s how:
1. Cognitive Freeorder: Thought as a Hybrid System
Human cognition thrives on the same interplay of designed and spontaneous processes that define freeorder societies:
• Structured reasoning: Deliberate, rule-based thinking (e.g., logic, mathematics, legal analysis).
• Spontaneous ideation: Intuitive leaps, creative associations, and “aha” moments (e.g., artistic inspiration, scientific hypotheses).
Hayek’s earlier work in psychology (The Sensory Order ••• [amazon]) argues that the mind itself is a spontaneous order—a self-organizing system that categorizes sensory data through decentralized neural networks. Yet this spontaneity is guided by learned rules (language, logic), creating a “freeorder” of thought.
Example: A mathematician combines rigid axioms (designed order) with creative conjectures (spontaneous order) to solve problems.
2. Imagination as a Quest-Driven Process
Your emphasis on quest aligns with Hayek’s view of knowledge as a discovery process. Thriving individuals:
• Explore ambiguities: Treat uncertainty as fertile ground for experimentation (e.g., entrepreneurs pivoting startups).
• Integrate traditions and novelty: Respect inherited wisdom while remixing it (e.g., jazz improvisation within harmonic rules).
This mirrors freeorder societies, where stable institutions (laws, markets) enable individuals to take risks and innovate.
3. Thriving Minds in Freeorder Societies
People in freeorder-oriented cultures tend to exhibit:
• Adaptive resilience: Navigating change by blending planning (design) and improvisation (spontaneity).
• Meta-cognitive awareness: Recognizing when to follow rules and when to break them (e.g., Picasso’s classical training preceding Cubism).
• Collaborative creativity: Sharing ideas in decentralized networks (open-source software, citizen science).
Hayek’s “knowledge problem” applies here: No single mind can grasp all possibilities, so freeorder thinking relies on distributed, iterative learning—akin to market price signals guiding societal coordination.
4. Feedback Loop: Societies Shape Minds, Minds Shape Societies
Freeorder is a recursive system:
• Societies with rule-of-law and free speech nurture citizens who think critically and imaginatively.
• Those citizens, in turn, build institutions that resist authoritarianism and reward experimentation.
5. Cultivating Cognitive Freeorder
To thrive in such systems, individuals can:
• Practice “deliberate play”: Structure learning goals but leave room for serendipity (e.g., scheduled “unfocus time”).
• Engage in polycentric networks: Join diverse groups (professional, artistic, civic) to cross-pollinate ideas.
• Embrace productive friction: Seek environments where rules and creativity collide (e.g., hackathons with constraints).
Conclusion
Freeorder isn’t just a social theory—it’s a mindset. By harmonizing design and spontaneity in thought, individuals replicate the very processes that sustain liberated societies. As Hayek noted, “The mind is a system of abstract rules”—but those rules are alive, evolving, and perpetually questing. Your concept reframes freedom as a dynamic dance at all scales, from neurons to nations. [I was especially struck by this, and astonished by the poetic conclusion (how did that get produced? I never gave it language like that.)]
Q: The path to societal Freeorder is an open source quest toward the success of which, in collaborative competition, every person on earth is invited to contribute.
The concept of Freeorder—a societal model balancing designed and spontaneous order to support individual and collective "quests"—finds a compelling parallel in the open-source movement, which exemplifies decentralized collaboration, meritocratic innovation, and shared ownership. Open-source projects, like Linux or Apache, demonstrate how structured rules (designed order) and organic contributions (spontaneous order) can cohere into systems far greater than their parts. Here’s how this aligns with Freeorder’s vision:
1. Open-Source Principles as Freeorder Foundations
The open-source ethos mirrors Freeorder’s core tenets:
• Openness: Code (or societal "rules") is transparent and accessible, enabling participation across boundaries.
• Collaborative competition: Contributors compete to improve projects (e.g., optimizing Linux kernels) while cooperating toward shared goals.
• Meritocratic governance: Authority emerges from proven contribution, not centralized hierarchy.
• Evolutionary progress: Projects adapt through iterative feedback, much like Hayek’s "spontaneous order".
This framework rejects rigid top-down control, instead trusting decentralized agents to innovate within guardrails—a hallmark of Freeorder’s balance.
2. Value Co-Creation in Freeorder Societies
The Open-Source Value Co-Creation (OSVCC) framework provides a blueprint for Freeorder: <table omitted>
For example, open-source projects like TensorFlow (AI) or Wikipedia (knowledge) show how global collaboration can solve grand challenges without centralized oversight—a model for Freeorder’s "collaborative competition."
3. Challenges and Adaptations
Open-source ecosystems face hurdles that Freeorder must also address:
• Sustainability: Many projects rely on unpaid labor, risking burnout. Freeorder would need mechanisms to reward contributions (e.g., universal basic income paired with impact incentives).
• Inclusivity: Open-source communities often lack diversity. Freeorder must actively design for equity, ensuring marginalized groups can participate meaningfully.
• Governance: As projects scale, disputes arise (e.g., Linux kernel debates). Freeorder would require adaptive conflict-resolution systems, blending democratic deliberation and algorithmic mediation.
Conclusion
The open-source movement proves that Freeorder is achievable: it operationalizes the interplay of design and spontaneity, empowering individuals to contribute to systems that reward creativity, foster resilience, and evolve organically. As with open-source projects, Freeorder’s success depends on nurturing a culture of trust, reciprocity, and relentless experimentation—a global "quest" where every person is both architect and beneficiary.
 
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This aspirational text about the word “Freeorder” was passed to Perplexity:
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Q: A word sets the stage for an investigation, it names a thing to think about. A word carried on the wind crosses borders. freeorder stirs dreams among repressed peoples. A ship is at sea. It bears goods meant for us. A cargo must have a port. The word freeorder has made one. Now, in hungry minds, that vision and concept holds space for ideas of liberty, venture, and limits — all intended to find a home with us. Books once thought to speak only of worn ideas now are seen to bring the essence of renewal. A single small word opens gates to renaissance.
<return> was pressed, without a question. Perplexity commented:
This passage poetically captures the essence of freeorder as both a concept and a catalyst for intellectual and social exploration. It emphasizes how a single word can serve as a powerful vessel for ideas, transcending borders and igniting imagination. Here's a breakdown of its themes:
1 Language as an Invitation to Thought: The opening line suggests that naming something—giving it a word—creates a framework for inquiry and reflection. In this case, freeorder becomes a conceptual anchor for investigating the interplay of freedom and order.
2 Crossing Borders and Inspiring Dreams: The metaphor of a word carried on the wind highlights the universal and borderless nature of ideas. Freeorder is depicted as a beacon for those yearning for liberty, especially in contexts of repression.
3 A Port for New Cargo: The imagery of a ship bearing goods suggests that freeorder provides a destination or "port" where ideas of liberty, venture, and limits can dock and be unpacked. This metaphor underscores its role in creating space for intellectual renewal.
4 Reinterpreting the Old, Sparking the New: The passage suggests that freeorder revitalizes existing works—books once seen as outdated are now viewed through the lens of renewal. It implies that this concept breathes fresh life into classical ideas, making them relevant to contemporary aspirations.
5 A Gateway to Renaissance: The final line ties everything together by presenting freeorder as an enabler of cultural and intellectual rebirth—a small word with the power to open gates to transformative change.
This poetic vision aligns well with your interest in balancing designed and spontaneous orders to support individual lives of rewarding adventure. It portrays freeorder as an idea that not only invites exploration but also creates fertile ground for ventures, institutions, and thought systems that harmonize liberty with structure.
 
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Q: Can the relationship between Atlas Network and the many freedom inspired ventures that work with it be understood as: 1) a freeordered system; 2) a producer or catalyst for the emergence of Freeorder?
Atlas Network's relationship with freedom-inspired ventures aligns closely with the concept of Freeorder—a balance between designed structures and spontaneous, locally driven initiatives. Here’s how this relationship manifests:
1. A Freeordered System
Atlas Network operates as a hybrid framework that combines designed order (strategic coaching, grants, and institutional support) with spontaneous order (local autonomy and organic growth of partner organizations). Key elements include:
• Decentralized Empowerment: Partners in over 100 countries design solutions tailored to their communities, reflecting spontaneous, bottom-up innovation.
• Structured Support: Programs like Coach, Compete, Celebrate!™ provide training, funding, and networking opportunities, creating a scaffold for effective advocacy.
• Shared Principles: While partners operate independently, they unite around core ideas of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government, fostering coherence without centralized control.
This duality mirrors the Freeorder ideal of balancing intentional design with emergent, self-organizing systems.
2. A Catalyst for Freeorder
Atlas Network actively accelerates the emergence of Freeorder by:
• Seeding Innovation: Grants and prizes fund high-impact projects, such as Peru’s Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), which reformed property rights for millions.
• Amplifying Local Voices: Training through the Atlas Network Academy equips partners with skills to advocate for policy changes, amplifying grassroots efforts globally.
• Creating Synergies: Regional Liberty Forums and collaborative platforms enable knowledge-sharing, turning isolated successes into a coordinated movement.
By nurturing both institutional resilience and entrepreneurial freedom, Atlas Network acts as a catalyst—lowering barriers to entry for new ventures while fostering ecosystems where Freeorder can thrive.
Conclusion
Atlas Network exemplifies a Freeordered system: its structured support mechanisms coexist with the organic, decentralized growth of partner organizations. Simultaneously, it accelerates Freeorder’s emergence by providing resources, connectivity, and recognition—enabling ventures to scale local solutions into global impact.
Q: Can you work with the convention that "freeorder" (uncapitalized) is different than "Freeorder" (capitalized)? The uncapitalized use of the word indicates the idea of quest-serving balance among kinds of orders, while the capitalized use of the word indicates a kind of social order that arises from wide application of "freeorder" (uncapitalized)? this is the difference between process and state of affairs.
Absolutely! Let’s reframe the analysis using your convention, where freeorder (lowercase) refers to the process of balancing designed and spontaneous orders, while Freeorder (capitalized) describes the emergent social order resulting from widespread application of that process.
1. Atlas Network as a "freeordered" system
The relationship embodies freeorder (process) by intentionally blending:
• Designed order: Structured programs (grants, training, metrics) to build organizational capacity.
• Spontaneous order: Partner autonomy to adapt strategies to local cultural, economic, and political contexts.
This creates a dynamic equilibrium where centralized resources (design) fuel decentralized innovation (spontaneity). For example:
• Partners in Nigeria (e.g., Initiative for Public Policy Analysis) design hyper-local solutions to fuel subsidies, while Atlas provides global credibility and funding.
• Regional Liberty Forums allow organic collaboration, but Atlas curates themes to align with broader liberty-advancing goals.
2. Atlas Network as a catalyst for Freeorder
By propagating freeorder principles, Atlas accelerates the emergence of Freeorder (social order) through:
• Scaffolding for self-organization: Tools like the Atlas Network Academy train leaders in entrepreneurial advocacy, lowering barriers to grassroots institution-building.
• Feedback loops: Competitions (e.g., Templeton Freedom Award) reward ventures that successfully balance design and spontaneity, incentivizing replication.
• Network effects: Cross-pollination of ideas (e.g., Argentina’s deregulation successes inspiring Brazilian partners) creates a "marketplace of solutions," fostering system-wide resilience.
Critically, Freeorder emerges not as a monolithic end-state but as a pluralistic ecosystem where diverse institutions coexist, united by shared respect for individual agency and bottom-up problem-solving.
Key Distinction in Action
• freeorder (process): Atlas’s coaching on metrics-driven advocacy helps partners refine strategies while preserving adaptability.
• Freeorder (state): The cumulative impact of 500+ partners advocating for property rights, free speech, and market reforms generates a global shift toward societies that prioritize voluntary collaboration over coercive control.
In Denver, this might manifest as local think tanks (e.g., Independence Institute) using Atlas resources to craft Colorado-specific policies, contributing to a Front Range culture of experimentation—a microcosm of Freeorder.
Conclusion
Atlas Network operationalizes freeorder as a process and midwifes Freeorder as an outcome. Its role mirrors a gardener: planting seeds (resources), pruning inefficiencies (metrics), and nurturing ecosystems where liberty-oriented ventures organically flourish.
Q: Are there correlations between freeorder and the works of Jane Jacobs?
There are strong and well-documented correlations between the concept of freeorder-the dynamic balance and interplay between designed and spontaneous orders in support of individual flourishing-and the works of Jane Jacobs.
Jane Jacobs as a Theorist of Spontaneous Order
Jane Jacobs is widely recognized as a theorist of spontaneous order, aligning her with thinkers like Adam Smith, Michael Polanyi, and F.A. Hayek. She conceptualized cities as self-organizing systems, where the order and vibrancy of urban life emerge from the decentralized actions and interactions of individuals, rather than from top-down planning or rigid design. This perspective is foundational to the idea of freeorder, which emphasizes the creative and adaptive potential of systems that blend intentional design with emergent, bottom-up processes.
Critique of Centralized Planning and Advocacy for Organic Urban Life
In her seminal work, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs critiqued the dominant, centrally planned urban policies of her time, arguing that such approaches destroyed the natural, organic structure of cities and undermined the vitality of neighborhoods. She championed the importance of local knowledge, diversity, and the everyday choices of residents and entrepreneurs in shaping vibrant, safe, and rewarding urban environments. This critique directly parallels the freeorder principle of balancing designed frameworks with the freedom for spontaneous, individual and collective action.
Emphasis on Diversity, Local Knowledge, and Bottom-Up Innovation
Jacobs celebrated mixed-use neighborhoods, urban density, and the diversity of people and enterprises as essential ingredients for urban success. She argued that healthy communities and economies depend on the ability of individuals and small groups to experiment, innovate, and adapt-another core tenet of freeorder. Her ideas about "import replacement" in The Economy of Cities further highlight the role of local, entrepreneurial discovery in driving economic and social development, as opposed to top-down mandates.
Moral Frameworks: Commerce vs. Guardianship
In Systems of Survival, Jacobs distinguished between two moral syndromes: the commercial (favoring open exchange, trust, and innovation) and the guardian (favoring authority, tradition, and protection). She favored the commercial syndrome for its alignment with entrepreneurial, adaptive, and open systems-again resonating with the values of freeorder, which seeks to optimize for individual agency and the spontaneous emergence of new ventures and institutions.
Grassroots Action and Resistance to Central Authority
Jacobs' activism-most notably her opposition to Robert Moses' urban renewal projects-demonstrated the power of grassroots organization and community self-determination in shaping urban life. Her legacy underscores the importance of community input and the dangers of imposing uniform solutions on complex social systems, reinforcing the freeorder ideal of distributed, participatory governance and the creative tension between order and emergence.
Summary Table: Freeorder : Jane Jacobs <reformated for compatibility>
Freeorder Principle / Jane Jacobs' Correspondence
Balance of designed and spontaneous orders / Critique of central planning; advocacy for organic, self-organizing urban life
Support for individual and collective agency / Emphasis on local knowledge, entrepreneurship, and community action
Diversity and adaptability / Celebration of mixed uses, urban diversity, and bottom-up innovation
Critique of rigid, top-down control / Opposition to zoning, urban renewal, and standardized development
Moral preference for open, commercial order / Favoring the "commerce syndrome" in Systems of Survival
Conclusion
Jane Jacobs' work is deeply intertwined with the principles of freeorder. Her advocacy for spontaneous order, local autonomy, diversity, and grassroots initiative provides a rich intellectual foundation for those seeking to catalyze environments where designed and emergent orders coexist to support lives of rewarding adventure and discovery
Q: The philosophy of freeorder extends Kaufmann's "order for free" by adding a test of balance between designed and spontaneous orders. That test asks to what degree is any given balance better or worse by the standard of its ability to support the quests of the individual human beings whose lives are affected. What are the implications of this extension?
The extension of Stuart Kauffman’s "order for free" into freeorder introduces a normative framework that evaluates balances between designed and spontaneous orders based on their capacity to support individual human quests. This philosophical shift has profound implications across multiple domains:
1. Reconciling Self-Organization with Human Agency
Kauffman’s "order for free" emphasizes spontaneous, self-organized complexity in biological and economic systems. Freeorder adds a teleological layer, asking whether such order serves human purposes. This bridges descriptive science (how order emerges) with normative ethics (how it should function). For example:
• In ecosystems, spontaneous biodiversity might be judged by its ability to sustain human exploration or resource needs.
• In economics, Hayekian spontaneous order (e.g., markets) could be balanced with intentional policies to foster individual creativity or resilience.
2. Critique of Reductionism in Evolutionary Theory
Kauffman challenges Darwinian orthodoxy by arguing that self-organization precedes and enables natural selection. Freeorder extends this by positing that adaptive value is not merely about survival but about enabling subjectively meaningful human endeavors. This shifts evolutionary discourse toward:
• Evaluating systems (biological, social, or technological) by their support for diverse human quests.
• Recognizing that overly rigid design (e.g., authoritarian institutions) or unchecked spontaneity (e.g., chaotic markets) may stifle individual agency.
3. Ethics of Balancing Orders
The "test" of freeorder implies a dynamic equilibrium between:
• Designed order: Intentional structures (laws, institutions, technologies).
• Spontaneous order: Emergent phenomena (cultural norms, market dynamics, ecosystems).
For instance, urban planning might blend zoning laws (designed) with organic community development (spontaneous) to foster neighborhoods that enable personal and collective flourishing.
4. Implications for Complex Systems Theory
Kauffman’s work on autocatalytic systems and "criticality" (balanced chaos/order) aligns with freeorder’s emphasis on adaptive balance. This suggests:
• Institutions should be "poised" between stability and flexibility to accommodate evolving human goals.
• Policies might prioritize resilience over efficiency, ensuring systems adapt to support diverse individual paths.
5. Human-Centric Metrics for Progress
Freeorder’s test demands new evaluative criteria, such as:
• Autonomy: Does the system empower individuals to define and pursue their quests?
• Harmony: Do designed and spontaneous elements interact without stifling creativity or causing conflict?
• Adaptability: Can the balance shift as human aspirations evolve?
Challenges and Tensions
• Subjectivity: Whose "quests" are prioritized? Cultural or ideological differences may complicate consensus.
• Measurement: Quantifying "support for individual lives" requires interdisciplinary tools blending qualitative and quantitative analysis.
In essence, freeorder reframes Kauffman’s scientific insights into a humanistic philosophy, advocating for systems that harmonize emergent complexity and intentional design to nurture what the user describes as "subjectively rewarding adventure." This aligns with Hayek’s praise for undirected evolution while insisting on ethical accountability for how such order impacts lived experience.
Q: In the light of the meaning of "freeorder" can you see a relationship between the creation and meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in 1947 and the Council of Elrond as described by Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings
The concept of "freeorder" — balancing designed and spontaneous orders to support individual lives of subjectively rewarding adventure — finds intriguing parallels in both the Mont Pelerin Society’s founding and Tolkien’s Council of Elrond. These two gatherings, though separated by fiction and reality, reflect shared themes of voluntary collaboration, decentralized decision-making, and resistance to coercive power structures.
1. Voluntary Coalition Against Existential Threats
Both groups formed in response to existential crises threatening freedom:
• The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) emerged in 1947 to counter the rise of totalitarianism and centralized economic planning post-World War II. Its members, including Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman, sought to revive classical liberal ideals through voluntary intellectual exchange, rejecting top-down control in favor of organic, market-driven solutions.
• The Council of Elrond convened to address Sauron’s growing tyranny in Middle-earth. Representatives of Elves, Dwarves, Men, and Hobbits debated freely, ultimately choosing Frodo’s voluntary quest to destroy the One Ring over centralized authority or coercion.
2. Decentralized Decision-Making
Both gatherings emphasized decentralized, participatory governance:
• The MPS rejected ideological orthodoxy, fostering debates among economists, philosophers, and historians to explore diverse pathways for preserving free markets and individual rights. Hayek’s vision of a “spontaneous order” — where societal structures emerge organically from voluntary interactions — mirrors the Society’s ethos.
• The Council of Elrond similarly avoided imposed solutions. Elrond facilitated dialogue but did not dictate terms, allowing Frodo to choose his perilous mission. This reflects Tolkien’s theme of free will triumphing over deterministic power structures.
3. Balancing Designed and Spontaneous Orders
• Designed order in the MPS included formalized meetings and shared principles (e.g., opposition to state overreach), while spontaneous order arose from unfettered debate and the Society’s influence on global think tanks.
• In Rivendell, Elrond’s structured council provided a framework for collaboration, but the quest’s success relied on Frodo’s individual agency and the Fellowship’s adaptability — a fusion of intentional design and emergent action.
4. Resistance to Coercion
• The MPS warned against the “expansion of arbitrary power,” advocating for institutions that protect individual liberty.
• The Council of Elrond rejected using the Ring’s coercive power, even for “good” ends. Destroying it symbolized a commitment to freedom over domination.
Conclusion
Both gatherings exemplify “freeorder”: designed structures (councils, societies) enabling spontaneous, voluntary collaboration to address systemic threats. The MPS’s real-world advocacy for free markets and the Council’s fictional stand against tyranny both prioritize individual agency within a framework of shared purpose — a balance central to fostering “lives of subjectively rewarding adventure.”
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March 2025 - threads of freeorder
 
A gentle powerful bear came out of the forest into a starlit clearing.
The ocean was near. A piano was there. The bear played
The forest was awed, and proud to be home to such a bear.
Bear-Paws_Seton
 
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Erik Prince at Hillsdale, a talk on the future (and present) of warfare (and civilization)
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Prince dropped out of the U.S. Naval Academy; got a degree in Austrian School economics from Hillsdale College, during which time he served its city as a volunteer fireman; became a Navy Seal; started and ran one of the world’s larges private military organizations, Blackwater; and recently has created a new phone and operating system offering maximum security.
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The phone company founded by Prince is Unplugged.com
 
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Elon Musk on the future of warfare and AI ••• [youtube]
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Farzad writes: Join us as Elon Musk discusses the transformative impact of AI and drones on future warfare. He highlights how current conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine, showcase the prominence of drone warfare. Musk addresses the potential risks of autonomous machines and emphasizes the need for robust communication systems, like Starlink, in military operations. He also touches upon the evolving relationship between humans and machines, the importance of innovative leadership, and the critical attributes necessary for future military success. This insightful conversation explores the strategic role of technology in national defense and the future of military operations in an increasingly digital age.
00:00 Introduction to Human and the Machine
00:06 The Future of Warfare: AI and Drones
01:16 Autonomous Killing Machines: Localized AI
01:55 Drones in Modern Conflicts
02:53 Scaling Drone Production
04:00 Historical Military Strategies and Modern Adjustments
06:06 Neuralink and the Future of Human-Machine Integration
06:21 Space-Based Communications and Military Strategy
14:49 Trust Between Humans and Machines
22:46 Innovative Leadership and Process Optimization
29:27 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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An idea from the discussion: Trust between humans and machines may depend on making AI truth seeking and curious.
 
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"On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs", by Dave Grossman
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“If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen, a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath, a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed.”
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The latest version of Grossman’s article •••
 
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“A sheep spends its whole life worried about being eaten by the wolf. Only in the end to be eaten by the shepherd.” Apt commentary on our current situation, as we await mandates directed at us by self-annointed, but unfathomably wise, fleecing shepherds. ~thanks to Bob Haywood, who sent this to us a few years ago. Still true.
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“The Invisible Hand Behind a Hundred City-States” ••• Max Borders interviews Bob Haywood
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‘We sit down with Bob Haywood, the "policy entrepreneur" of Opportunity Zones. Arguably, Haywood has done more than anyone alive to lift people out of poverty.’
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At Bob’s prompting, Max quickly allows that he has exaggerated Bob’s achievements with regard to the founding of city states, but justly insists, without objection, that Bob’s work has been world changing.
 
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Tom Palmer reports from Syria (an email from Tom Palmer):
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During our January trip to Syria, the Atlas Network team and I met with local leaders who are working to freedom in the post-Assad era.
As this month's horrible violence confirms, it’s not an easy path.
Assad loyalists and independent terrorists—with the support of the Iranian and Russian governments—are fighting for a return to dictatorship and to extinguish any chance that the new government adopt freedom-focused reforms.
But rather than just watch in horror, our partners—with the help of Atlas Network—are working to stop the cycle of violence and to institute the long-term solution by substituting win-win free-market exchange for violence.
It begins with coordination with Atlas Network partners already in the region. 
First, our friends at the Arab Center for Research are teaching and explaining clearly in Arabic—through accessible videos, classrooms, and every form of media available—the benefits of free markets, property rights, and limited, constitutional government to the wider Arabic-speaking population.
Next, our friends at the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LIMS) have identified urgent reform needs. They're commissioning, editing, presenting, and promoting well-researched and feasible policy proposals.
Plus, the centerpiece of our effort is a brand-new Atlas Network partner organization based in Damascus—a center for liberty, voluntary wealth creation through markets, and limited government in the heart of a former brutal tyranny.
Today, I’m excited to share that, thanks to our community, this new organization has been established!
Please join me in welcoming the Free Syria Center to Atlas Network!
The Free Syria Center will be the think tank in Damascus advocating for personal freedom despite threats of violence, terrorism, and civil war.
I’m excited to share this with you because this is a major victory for freedom, and it wouldn’t have been possible without everything you and our community are doing to support our mission worldwide.
Our network has long supported our friends with grant funding, coaching, training, networking, and sharing winning strategies, and now we’re making our network even stronger by establishing our first partner organization in Syria.
In short, Adam and I saw on the ground how hard it would be and what efforts would be needed to bring lasting freedom to Syria, and despite the challenges, we’re still taking significant steps forward in the direction of long-lasting peace and prosperity.
But we can’t keep up the momentum without your help.
We have a plan. It’s in motion. And now, we need to see it through to the finish line.
Will you stand with me now and support our model for expanding free enterprise worldwide, including in Syria?
In Liberty,
Dr. Tom G. Palmer
Executive Vice President for International Programs
Atlas Network
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To get on Tom’s list go to atlasnetwork.org
 
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“No Need to Argue. Just Build” — Niklas Anzinger, Richard Hanania, Infinia City, 30 October 2023, a one-hour discussion (audio)
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Niklas Anzinger [x.com] is the founder and General Partner of Infinita, the first Próspera-based VC fund, which invests in founders overcoming regulatory capture in crypto, biotech and hardware through network states and startup cities. He’s also one of the 100 or so residents of Próspera.
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“Niklas is part of the charter city movement, which seeks to build hubs of innovation and progress while bringing the rule of law and economic development to poorer regions of the world. In this eventful conversation, Richard and Niklas touch on
• The mechanics of governance in Próspera
• Getting around red tape and becoming a hub of medical innovation
• Amenities and quality of life in the city
• Upcoming conferences and events”
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“Infinita supports founders in overcoming regulatory bottlenecks by utilising startup cities, network states and legal engineering.” — infinitavc.com
 
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Free Cities — free-cities.org/about-us
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“Our mission is to support innovation in governance that  leads to greater human freedom and prosperity. We aim to inspire, inform and connect people to accelerate the creation of a global market of living together in Free Cities.”
 
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Michael Yon
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Yon is warrior, journalist, photographer, book author, thinker, with a depth and international expanse of experience hard to equal. Unique observations.
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Michael Yon’s Newsletter: michaelyon.substack.com
 
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“Why I’m Turned On By Truth: My Ecstatic Embrace of Everything” ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott, 28 Mar 2025
 
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World Tai Chi & QiGong Day, 26 April 2025 — taichibroomfield.com
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“[Broomfield, Colorado] – On Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 9 AM local time, millions of people across more than 80 countries will unite for World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, creating a powerful "healing wave" that will spread across the planet. Starting in New Zealand and rolling through six continents, this global event promotes health, wellness, and a deep sense of community.”
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Blue Heron Tai Chi, Longmont, Colorado •••
 
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Articles by Doug Casey ••• David Stockman ••• and Nick Giambruno •••
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Deeply committed to free markets but critical of some of Donald Trump’s policies.
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The David Stockman Archives ••• on Doug Casey’s “International Man” pages
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“David Stockman on Whether Trump Will Really Make America Free and Prosperous Again” •••
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“Doug Casey on the US Government’s Bitcoin Pivot and What Comes Next” •••
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“World War 3 Is Already Underway: The Battle for the World Order” ••• by Nick Giambruno
 
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Max Borders is interviewed on the Reed Morin show about “Stopping America’s Collapse” — underthrow.substack.com/p/a-three-hour-tour
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Max is the author of the book Underthrow and of the Substack by the same name.
 
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Impart Global ••• — a new tool for artists and creatives of all kinds
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“IMPART is developing a decentralized application (DAPP) on the HEDERA HASHGRAPH, providing a platform where creators of all types—including musicians, digital artists, filmmakers, podcasters, authors, and more—can seamlessly upload and monetize their work.
“Users of the DApp can stream, view, listen to and shop these creations - supporting those creatives in the process.
“The DApp will have express tools which allow artists and fans to connect with each other in new ways thanks to the technology available on the Hashgraph.
“The primary role of this DApp is to function as an all-in-one creative platform which does not discriminate between artists based on their popularity level, but rather aims to give all creatives on the platform equal standing - using algorithms which prioritize user interest, with a heavy focus on curation. Creatives will also receive a fair portion of all streams & sales, unlike most traditional platforms.” —white paper
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Brandon Hargreaves interviews ••• [youtube] Liam Pitcher, founder & CEO of Impart Global.
 
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Tokenization, Zero Hedge — a simple intro to a new form of finance
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Scintilla ••• a company devoted to the tokenization of real world assets (RWA).
 
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The Republic of Letters Books, Mineral Point, Wisconsin — republicoflettersbooks.com
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Spring ’25 Update •••
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“Our other BIG news is the upcoming March 1st release of our book, The Wisconsin Whey, a collaboration between Republic of Letters, The Book Kitchen, Little Creek Press, writer Judy Coburn and photographer Paul Strabbing.
If you haven’t yet, you still have a few more days to pre-order a copy (or five!). Pre-ordering is the only way to get the special numbered edition of the book, which will make a great gift for the cheese lovers in your life.
If you’d also like to come to the release party and hang out with the rockstar cheesemakers, eat fantastic cheese, and just generally be a cool person, we have a few tickets left. We can’t wait to see you there!”
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Jane Jacobs on how stressed cities can be birthplaces of new vitality
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A 2024 reflection on the continuing importance of Jacob’s work: “‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities’ Remains Relevant Today” ••• by Seth Bose, August 14, 2024
 
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‘Journalist and Global Book Ambassador Diamond Michael Scott Talks About His Publication “Great Books, Great Minds” and His Mission To Connect One Million Authors and One Million Readers’
 
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Jon Stewart & Nick Gillespie on Trump, Freedom & Bob Dylan
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“Nick Gillespie, Editor at Large of Reason magazine and host of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast, joins Jon to discuss libertarianism and break down Trump’s plans to shrink the federal government. They’ll dive into whether free markets need government oversight and search for the ideal balance between liberty and the public good.” — The interview [youtube]
 
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The Bioregional Weaving Labs ••• [substack]
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“The Bioregional Weaving Guide: Essential resources for mobilising 1 million changemakers to restore, protect and regenerate 1 million ha of Europe’s land and sea.”
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“A bioregion invites us to inhabit a place in a way that is full of relationship. Seeing where the natural boundaries of our bioregion are, we can then see the many ecosystems and human systems alive within it. All of these systems like fresh water and biodiversity or transport and health are connected.”
 
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‘Two cattle ranches have been selected as finalists for the 2025 Colorado Leopold Conservation Award®.
‘The award honors ranchers, farmers, and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land.
‘Named in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, this award recognizes landowners who inspire others with their dedication to environmental improvement. In his influential 1949 book, A Sand County Almanac, Leopold advocated for “a land ethic,” an ethical relationship between people and the land they own and manage.”’
 
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Lex Fridman’s interview with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
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“Transcript for Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India – Power, Democracy, War & Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #460 — lexfridman.com/narendra-modi-transcript
“This is a transcript of Lex Fridman Podcast #460 with Narendra Modi. The timestamps in the transcript are clickable links that take you directly to that point in the main video. Please note that the transcript is human generated, and may have errors. Here are some useful links:
 
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Pathways, a poem by Contarini ••• — the final lines:
Do not be downcast.
Our companions on the journey make it possible.
Our companions on the journey make it worth the march.
 
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Cascadian Farm ••• Home Farm donated to Rodale Institute •••
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“On September 29, 2022, General Mills announced it is donating the Cascadian Farm Home Farm in Skagit Valley, Washington to new owners, Rodale Institute.
“The Home Farm is a working organic farm started in 1972 by Cascadian Farm founder, Gene Kahn, who believed that organic agriculture could make a positive impact on the health of the planet.”
 
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The Lunatic Farmer ••• a film about Joe Salatin
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“The Lunatic Farmer isn’t just a documentary about farming; it’s a rallying cry. The film takes viewers deep into the heart of Polyface Farm, where Salatin’s innovative methods showcase the transformative power of working with, not against, nature. It’s a story about standing firm in the face of adversity and embracing our responsibility as stewards of the Earth.” — there may be small charge to view this film, but it’s very worth it. -leif smith & pat wagner
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Polyface Farms ••• Joe’s farm
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Food Emancipation Proclamation ••• by Joe Salatin
 
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In a world of freeorder hundreds of organizations like Cascadian, Rodale, and Polyface Farms would collaboratively compete (that is, strive to improve from the point of view of those they serve). Government support of agriculture would be seen as obsolete, predatory, and a needless drag on progress.
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The path to Freeorder is made of accelerating worldwide displacement of systems organized by compulsion and misrepresentation by systems voluntarily accepted through justified claims of benefit. Challenge to such claims will be ever present, but politics will be devoted only to clearing space for unpredictable attempts to do better. People will no longer accept the idea that experts in position to issue commands should govern everyone’s behavior without challenge from competitors offering something better. -ls
 
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Decisions have been made and acted upon to move gold bullion from London and Switzerland to New York. What does the movement change? Who benefits? -ls
 
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Monetary Metals
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Monetary Metals Delivers Over 1 Million Silver Ounces to Bunker Hill Mining
Monetary Metals Partners with OGold
“This partnership combines OGold’s innovative fractional gold ownership application with Monetary Metals gold yield products. OGold users can participate in Monetary Metals gold leases and bonds in the app with as little as 0.1 gram of gold.”
 
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Much interest in gold depends on the fact that it cannot be printed. -ls
 
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“A New American Political Party Has Formed Under Our Noses: But it doesn't yet have a name” ••• Sharyl Attkisson, 31 Aug 2024
 
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“Ayn Rand and the State” ••• by Roy A. Childs, Jr., first published in 1969, and republished by The Libertarian Alliance (uk) in 2024
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“First published in 1969 by ISIL. Mr. Childs (1949–1992) was a libertarian writer and activist. Nineteen of his essays are collected in Liberty Against Power.”
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The Libertarian Alliance (uk) — libertarianism.uk/
 
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startuparchive.org/ & x.com/StartupArchive_ — “Archiving the world's best startup advice for future generations of founders”
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Good things here. For example, look for a short video of Jonathan Ives describing how Steve Jobs set about “saving” Apple when he returned from NeXT to the “doomed” company.
 
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“Scalability Solutions: Blockchain scalability is being improved in a variety of ways to make decentralized networks more efficient and practical for mainstream use.”
 
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The Atlas Circle ••• [substack]
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“The Atlas Circle is a collaboration between business leaders and intellectuals who believe…
• Business is a force for good
• The profit motive is noble
• Capitalism is the only moral social system
“In today’s anti-business environment, where creators are smeared as greedy, capitalism is smeared as exploitative, and the regulatory state strangles production, it is vital that those who value prosperity, progress, and individual freedom speak out for the morality of business.
“Above all, it is vital that business leaders stand up for themselves.”
 
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Hedera, a web3 technology bases on a “first principles” consensus method, is beginning to show up frequently in “Threads”. I believe that Hedera is built in consonance with principles of freeorder. Leemon Baird, the inventor of the hashgraph consensus algorithm, participated in an interview about AI. -ls
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“Blockchain, AI and Quantum Computing: Exploring the Synergy and Future Opportunities Amid Infrastructure Challenges” — cfc-stmoritz.com/events/cfc-in-st-moritz-switzerland-2025/day-2/layer-2s-today-tomorrow-ecosystems-adoption-potential-new-economies-ulpmkz1itluni5zt
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After watching I posted this in the comments:
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“There is something different in the way Leemon approaches this. A key moment is when he implies that trust depends on individuals using supercomputers cheap enough to make individuals able to train their own AIs. Leemon thinks in terms of freeordered systems, in which multiple small independent designed orders interact to produce an undesignable spontaneous order that serves multiple unknown explorations better than could be done by top-down design.”
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To explore Hedera and the many uses beginning to be made with it there is no better starting place than the programs of Brandon Hargreaves, “The HBAR Bull”:
 
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A groundskeeper at Lake Perinel proposes that we consider this:
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What if: Matter manifests out of spirit. And not: Consciousness depends on matter.
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Who can know enough to say which, or even that this is a binary alternative?
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What if: Something else is the basis of both matter and spirit. And it is that something else that determines the priority of and relationship between matter and spirit.
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Allow “Being” to name that something else, and “Ising” to name all awareness.
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The matter<>spirit intermingling that is us seeks to comprehend Being.
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Whatever Being Bēs we already be it however impossible to wrap it in Ising.
 
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February 2025 - threads of freeorder
 
Thread_Carnegie
 
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Joseph Frazier Wall writes of Carnegie’s last home, built in New York City:
‘In his magnificent library-study on the first floor, seated at a roll top desk so huge that it had had to be constructed inside the room, Carnegie, his feet barely able to touch the floor, would sit, contemplating how best to dispose of his wealth. All around him, carved into the wood paneling of the walls, were the slogans that had inspired him throughout his life: high above the mantle of the fireplace, "Let There Be Light," and directly below that the words which he had first seen as a young man in the Stoke's Library in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and which he had vowed would some day be in a library of his:
He that cannot reason is a fool,
He that will not is a bigot,
He that dares not is a slave.
‘Running around the walls of the room like a frieze carved out of Poor Richard's Almanac were the words: "The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You," "The Gods Send Thread For The Web Begun," "All Is Well Since All Grows Better," "The Aids To A Nobel Life Are All Within," and "Thine Own Reproach Alone Do Fear." It was difficult to be other than noble in such a room.’
Andrew Carnegie, by Joseph Frazier Wall, Oxford University Press, 1970, University of Pittsburgh Press edition of 1989, page 857. A magnificent work, and an inspiration for the creation of the Office for Open Network ••• Denver, Colorado (1975-2000).
 
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Andrew Carnegie’s Triumphant Democracy — Dedication
TO THE
BELOVED REPUBLIC
UNDER WHOSE EQUAL LAWS
I AM MADE THE PEER OF ANY MAN,
ALTHOUGH DENIED
POLITICAL EQUALITY BY MY NATIVE LAND,
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK,
WITH AN
INTENSITY OF GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION
WHICH THE NATIVE-BORN CITIZEN
CAN NEITHER FEEL NOR UNDERSTAND.
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
 
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A question that will drive the emergence of Freeorder: “What improved balances among designed and spontaneous orders are possible if the test of balance is fitness to support lives of subjectively rewarded quest?”
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When thinking of the making of Freeorder it may be worthwhile to simultaneously hold in mind the following two stories.
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The story of the life of Andrew Carnegie as told by himself ••• [gutenberg]
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In the Preface of Triumphant Democracy Carnegie wrote, “…Triumphant Democracy was written at high noon, when the blazing sun right overhead casts no shadows.’’ This light pervades his autobiography, although shadows are permitted..
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The story of the twentieth century by Leonard Bernstein illustrated by Gustav Mahler
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“The Unanswered Question” ••• [youtube] — Norton Lectures, 1973, Harvard
 
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The 1921 Club is for all who think the 19th century is a better model for the 21st than is the 20th.
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All that is necessary to join the 1921 Club is to do so in your own mind. I keep a list of those who have told me they are members. Please let me know if you would like to be on it. It’s shared only with members. I hope there are other such lists unknown to me. There is no need to be on a list to be in the Club. -ls
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Perhaps we should think of the 20th century as a time when humanity had a serious case of pneumonia from which we now have hope of recovery. -ls
 
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Ayn Rand’s We the Living reviewed by Diamond-Michael Scott, 25 February 2025
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This fine review is significantly contributory to thinking about freeorder.
 
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Douglas Murray at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Conference, 18 Feb 2025
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Murray advocates for a coming age of “reconstruction” ••• [youtube]
 
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“Override: Inside the Revolution Rewiring American Power” ••• by Eko, 5 February 2025
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“… analysis revealed patterns that career officials didn't even know existed. By dawn, they would understand more about Treasury's operations than people who had worked there for decades.”
 
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Own gold and receive interest paid in gold. Monetary Metals •••
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“True Gold Lease Objective: Monetary Metals’ True Gold Lease program has one objective; to put your gold to work. This is achieved by matching gold owners with businesses that use gold productively. Gold Fixed Income True Gold leases are designed to earn a yield, not to speculate on price. A true gold lease provides income on your gold, while title to your gold remains with you. It’s structured as a true lease of personal property. Your gold is never financialized into a loan. Be aware that leasing your metal may involve risk of loss. No expectation of lease payments comes without risk.”
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Laying a foundation for a future world money? -ls
 
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Kenneth Boulding, 1956 “General Systems Theory: The Skeleton of Science” ••• [panarchy]
 
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Unbounding the Future: The Nanotech Revolution ••• by K. Eric Drexler, Chris Peterson, and Gayle Pergamit, made available by The Foresight Institute ••• and provided with context in this description of their history, 30 Years of Foresight - Timeline 1986 – 2016: https://foresight.org/our-history/
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Pergamit has since co-founded a company, Covalent LLC ••• developing nanotechnology that addresses problems critical to the flourishing of humanity, on earth and beyond, through the manufacture of 1-atomic-layer thick membranes for the separation of fluids and gasses.
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The first application of these membranes will be purification and desalination of water through Agua Via ••• a licensee of Covalent’s technology.
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The book that started it all: K. Eric Drexler’s Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology ••• published in 1986, and worth reading today, especially for its ideas on wise governance of advanced technologies.
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Chapter 1, made available by MIT •••
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“Transforming the Material Basis of Civilization | Eric Drexler | TEDxISTAlameda” ••• [youtube]
 
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HederaCon ••• 25 Feb 2025 — about the future of web3 [editor of Threads attended]
 
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“The African Economic Miracle that Almost Was: What really happened in the 1980s and 90s, by Magatte Wade, 26 Feb 2025, on her Substack, “Africa’s Bright Future” •••
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Atlas Network’s Freedoms Champion Magazine writes about Magatte in their winter 2024 issue •••
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Magatte received an Explorers Foundation Cobden-Bright Award in 2018. EF invests in people who are contributing to the emergence of Freeorder. Magatte has repaid us well.
 
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Catherine Herridge on “Circular Reporting”
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From her article, “Why Big Media Loathes Kash Patel” 2 Feb 2025
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“Patel’s investigation revealed evidence of “circular reporting.”  Here’s how it works: an FBI or other government official leaks information to a reporter, who then publishes the information, and it then comes full circle when the FBI cites the same reporter’s work as evidence to back up the bureau or DOJ’s case.
“Pulling back the curtain on circular reporting undercuts the credibility of some journalists who raised their profiles through Russia Gate “scoops” from anonymous ‘law enforcement officials’ or ‘sources familiar with the matter.’”
 
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Elon Musk explains why DOGE recommended the termination of USAID ••• [youtube]
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USAID was a “ball of worms” -Musk
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The wrecking ball is working. Now let’s limit what it wrecks to nothing but constraints on the emergence of Freeorder. -ls
 
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“More tips for being non-partisan in a partisan age: It ain't easy, it can be exhausting, and you're not always going to get everything right. But you have to keep trying.” x.com [fire], by Greg Lukianoff, FIRE, 19 Feb2025
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Comment by Pat Wagner
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“My husband Leif Smith and I ran an information and idea exchange for 25 years here in Denver. Our clientele ran the proverbial political gamut, from Marxists to members of the John Birch Society as well as mainstream Republicans and Democrats, progressive liberals, the founders of the Libertarian party, avowed socialists, and Christian conservatives. Also, rich people, poor people, some famous people, and mostly folks looking for information and connections.
“Our goals were simple - help our clients with their individual quests: building nonprofits, businesses, and helping their government agencies.
“Liked your rules. Thank you for what you do.
“Our one rule was we never talked about our personal points of view. We were not there to convince people that we were right and they were wrong. We able to help nurture an open marketplace of ideas, which tended to attract innovators from many walks of life. We saw a greater good of working with people we might disagree with, but, as you pointed out, we never talked about that.
“When a fellow traveler did show up, they already knew us from other venues. Ironically, we identify as libertarians and were denounced publicly by someone in the party for working with unacceptable people. I was proud (grin).
One of our clients called us "Little Switzerland." Cause-driven folks, opponents in debates on topics such as abortion, nuclear power, taxation, and community development aka gentrification, could come to our office and talk to the other side without the glare of publicity.
“We did a good enough job that many people thought we were one of the "them." In some cases, at the end of our run, we let people know our personal positions when asked. Some were shocked. Some stopped talking to us.
“By committing to a respect for the individual explorer above all, we were able to help each client, regardless of their position.
“We rarely turned away a client, usually because they wanted to access a list of all of the other clients to sell them something. I am pleased that we became a source for authors, librarians, newspaper reporters and editors, and other people who were focused on providing information for their customers.
“I think it comes down to what someone's values are. A simple mission statement makes it easy, in most cases, to make decisions and take actions that stay on track.”
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The world will heal more through listening than through talking. Our Office for Open Network was devoted to that idea. -ls
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The most common type of forge (freeorder generator) will be devoted exclusively to listening and attempting to be useful —from the viewpoint of the person speaking. Other kinds of forge will openly discuss the vision and philosophy of freeorder.
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Office for Open Network ••• Denver, 1975 to 2000 — a short history, by Pat Wagner
 
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Trump’s War on Capitalism, by David Stockman, 9 Jan 2024, Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Chapter One: The Myth of the MAGA Economy
Chapter Two: The Illusory Foundations of Peak Trump
Chapter Three: The Donald’s Disastrous Fourth Year—But Don’t Blame the Covid
Chapter Four: A Big Spender’s League All of His Own
Chapter Five: Wreck of the Good Ship MAGA
Chapter Six: The Trouble with Trump-O-Nomics
Chapter Seven: The Upside-Down Economics of The Donald’s Border Wars
Chapter Eight: The Trumpian Immigration Fallacy and Bedtime for the Boomers
Chapter Nine: The Trumpian Canard of Global Grand Theft
Chapter Ten: The Red Ponzi and the Folly of Trump’s Big Chiiina Tariff
Chapter Eleven: The Rising Tide Which Lifted All the Yachts
 
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Right-Wing Collectivism: The Other Threat to Liberty ••• [amazon] by Jeffrey A. Tucker 16 Oct 2017
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Preface ••• by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey •••
 
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The Libertarian Alliance ••• U.K. — managed by Sean Gabb ••• and allies
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The Latest from the Libertarian Alliance Blog ••• 15 Feb 2025"
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“J.D. Vance in Paris: A Manifesto Against the Death of the West”, by Alan Bickley
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“… we should be under no illusions. This is not our revolution. It is merely the latest power struggle among those who rule us. We should take advantage of the breathing space it offers. We should enjoy the temporary relief. But we should not make the mistake of believing that these men are our saviours. One does not thank a forest fire for changing direction. … The age of illusions is over. The fight for what comes next has begun.” — https://libertarianism.uk/2025/02/15/j-d-vance-in-paris-a-manifesto-against-the-death-of-the-west/
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“The Greatness of Margaret Thatcher, An Alternative View”, by Sean Gabb, 2nd Septembe 2016, Bodrum, Turkey — https://libertarianism.uk/2016/09/02/the-greatness-of-margaret-thatcher-an-alternative-view/
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“I am aware that one of her personal friends is in this room, and I will say now, for the avoidance of the slightest doubt, that I will speak no ill of her personal character, which appears to have been singularly plain and honest for a British politician. I do not, even so, share the assumption that was general at the time of her death. I will, in the time allowed me, give my settled opinion, which is that, in no sense, was Margaret Thatcher a conservative – let alone a libertarian – hero. Rather, she was, in every sense, the midwife of the leftist police state that is modern Britain.”
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“More Empty Words on Growth” — https://libertarianism.uk/2025/02/02/more-empty-words-on-growth/ — A short and pointed critique of the Prime Minister and current U.K. policies, by Bryan Mercadente.
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Sean Gabb and the Libertarian Alliance have received support from Explorers Foundation.
 
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Economics as a Source of Hope, the vision of Ludwig von Mises
Human Action, 1949, by Mises, offers hope for a better future for the human race. He notes that economics is only three hundred years old, and is a form of knowledge never before available.
From the first paragraph: “Economics is the youngest of all sciences. ... The discovery of regularity in the sequence and interdependence of market phenomena went beyond the limits of the traditional system of learning. It conveyed knowledge which could be regarded neither as logic, mathematics, psychology physics, nor biology.”
From the last paragraph: “The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism and all the moral, intellectual, technological, and therapeutical achievements of the last centuries have been built. It rests with men whether they will make the proper use of the rich treasure with which this knowledge provides them or whether they will leave it unused. But if they fail to take the best advantage of it and disregard its teachings and warnings, they will not annul economics; they will stamp out society and the human race.”
Human Action is available from the Ludwig von Mises Institute, in digital versions for immediate free download: http://mises.org/library/human-action-0
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If I chose a few books essential to the preparation of forge builders and investors for their work of listening and acting on the edges of an emerging concert of civilizations, Human Action would be one of them. -ls
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Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism ••• by Jörg Guido Hülsmann •••
 
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Freedom Worldwide with Tom G. Palmer: Iran in a Changing Middle East ••• [youtube]
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“Iran’s authoritarian regime is losing power. Everyday Iranians are rejecting official propaganda and have even refused to take part in state-sponsored pro-Hamas demonstrations. Although it still faces government oppression, the freedom movement in the country is growing as more and more people come in contact with the ideas of free markets and individual rights. The regime’s waning strength has created a unique opportunity for growing pro-freedom momentum in Iran and across the region to advance peace, prosperity, and human dignity.
“Join Dr. Tom G. Palmer—live [now recorded] from the Middle East—as he leads a conversation on the changing situation in Iran and what it means for the future of freedom in the country and across the region. This webinar will feature Mohamad Machine-Chian, an Iranian public policy scholar and a leader of the country’s freedom movement.
“About Dr. Tom G. Palmer:
“Atlas Network’s Executive Vice President, Dr. Tom G. Palmer, has played a pivotal role in advancing liberty in challenging environments, from behind the Iron Curtain to the heart of the Muslim World. His rich experiences fostering young freedom movements around the globe make him the perfect guide to explore the current situation in the Middle East.”
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For reports from Tom Palmer on his current work in Syria sign up to receive emails from Atlas Network •••
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Watch a “Special Message” from Tom Palmer •••
 
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The Atlas Network ••• “Over 500 partners in more than 100 countries around the globe. Atlas Network actively partners with over 500 wholly independent, nonprofit organizations spanning more than 100 countries around the globe because they share our commitment to the principles of a free society and welcome association with peer organizations. Each year, Atlas Network makes hundreds of grant and training investments to promote, support, and strengthen the work of these local think tanks and civil society organizations.”
 
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African Liberty Writing Fellows •••
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“Our writing fellows are young African leaders and researchers in African affairs. We work with these young journalists and experts in politics, economics, culture, and philosophy to bring fresh perspectives towards Africa's prosperity and liberty.”
 
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Applied Economics for Africa ••• [africanliberty.org]
George B.N. Ayittey, PhD
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Table of Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter One
OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter Two
THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Chapter Three
MARKET INTERVENTIONISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Chapter Four
THE TRADITIONAL AFRICAN ECONOMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter Five
THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CONUNDRUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Chapter Six
THE ENDURING LESSONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter Seven
THE REAL OBSTACLES TO AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . 187
Chapter Eight
FIXING AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter Nine
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MODEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Chapter Ten
EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Appendix One
THE MILITARY SCOURGE IN AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Appendix Two
MORE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Appendix Three
THE UNSUSTAINABILITY
OF RWANDA’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Answers to Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 388
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This magnificent speech by Ayittey introduces the African Cheetah
 
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All-In Podcast ••• [youtube] Trump’s first week — this program offers a high idea/time ratio
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Regular participants: Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg
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Insights into what’s happening … Chamath Palihapitia’s tuxedo … Crypto Ball in D.C. … Expiration of Davos dominance … Chinese entrepreneurs & the CCP … Demonstrated interests of politicians … Government partial ownership of technology companies …
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Challenging ideas and puzzles for anyone working on the evolution of freeorder, especially the governance aspects.
 
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Javier Milei’s speech at the Davos World Economic Forum, 23 Jan 2025 ••• [youtube]
 
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The philanthropic achievements and legacy of Paul Newman
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“Newman’s Own invites more companies to donate 100% of their profits to charities”
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This became simpler to do when Congress in 2018 passed the Philanthropic Enterprise Act •••
 
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After all that had been done and said by Gustav Mahler to discourage his wife, Alma, from her passion for composing, one day late in their relationship she discovers him playing her compositions on the piano. He says to her, “There is genius in you.” We learn of this in an article by Alex Ross published in the New Yorker of 10 February2025
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In the movie “Bride of the Wind” Reneé Fleming (her voice only) sings one of Alma Mahler’s songs.
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Alma Mahler’s songs ••• [youtube]
 
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“The Impossible Entrepreneurs ••• On the relentless optimism and tireless work of two men who realized the impossible. Dispatch from Prospera, Roatan, Honduras by Max Borders, 10 Feb 2025
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“To Infinita and Beyond ••• Weekly freedom news, 2025's first edition, 20 Jan 2025 “Infinita is a network city for founders to build world-class companies building towards longevity, through biotechnology, computation, and science.”
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“Infinita City builds a network of small hubs—starting in Próspera ZEDE ••• Roatán jurisdiction —where founders can develop biotech and healthcare solutions with much reduced and streamlined red tape.”
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Infinita Manifesto 2.0 •••
 
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https://inflationchart.com —“was the first website to accurately prove the rampant inflation of 24% in June 2021 while governments kept stating inflation was low and not an issue. In a way it frontruns the data and uncovers inflation before it is publicly announced.”
 
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Hayek & Beethoven ••• — a dialogue by Perplexity.ai, prompts by Leif Smith.
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First prompt: Write a short exchange of ideas between F. A. Hayek and Beethoven as they respond to this question: What do you think about the potential for adventure and exploration in a world governed by top-down design as opposed to a world that takes shape due to market conjectures within an ever changing spontaneous order?
 
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January 2025 - threads of freeorder
 
A question that will drive the emergence of Freeorder: “What are good balances among designed and spontaneous orders if the test of balance is fitness to support lives of subjectively rewarded quest?”
 
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A convergence is happening among those now catalyzing the emergence of Freeorder
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The Blob (the administrative state and its entanglements) hates those who are passionate about truth, and who therefore will not be silent. When quarantine of dissident questioners fails the blob forcibly ejects them, many of whom have served with distinction for entire careers. The exiles go through a time of isolation, but begin to find one another. As these homeless recognize each other they find that they share principles and visions.
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From the Brownstone Institute ••• a home for exiles and pioneers
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‘The upheavals of our time are not only political; they are also intellectual. They call upon all people of goodwill to rethink old ideological categories and loyalties. 
‘No one ten years ago, for example, could have imagined the fusing of interests of America First foreign policy interests with working-class concerns about middle-class living standards with naturalist health concerns and civil-libertarian concerns over censorship and medical compulsion. 
‘These groups, having been separated by artificial barriers of political labeling, found each other seemingly in an instant, and in light of the Covid experience. We are now busy learning from each other. The ruling class imagined a “whole-of-society” approach to infectious disease but instead generated “whole of society” incredulity and fury, and a new awareness of how the commanding heights have set themselves against the interests of everyone else.’
 
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“Thoughts on Wizards” ••• by Leif Smith — darkness summons light
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Written in 1973 for a Tolkien fanzine, “Amon Din”, edited by Steve Porter, published by the Tolkien Society of Treewood in Englewood, Colorado. The magazine was created by a group of teenagers living in an admirable world of their own.
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"Inklings of Another World" ••• by Mary McDermott Shideler — the significance of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
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The first meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society, was called together by F. A. Hayek, April 1947 at Mont Pelerin, Switzerland (a list of all participants •••). The significance of this meeting for freeorder may be illuminated by Tolkien’s account of the meeting of the Council of Elrond ••• at Rivendell, called to respond to the threat posed by the One Ring. “One Ring to Rule All? Caution Advised, thank you F. A. Hayek,” ••• by Pat Wagner, May 8, 2014.
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On Hayek’s reason for organizing the Mont Pelerin Society see “Liberalism: Its Adversaries and Allies”, chapter 25 of Hayek: A Life, 1899-1950 ••• [u chicago press] by Bruce Caldwell and Hansjoerg Klausinger. That meeting changed the world and its prospects in more ways than are often understood, except by a very few who possess good memories of the future.
 
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A kind of Venture Investors, drivers of Freeorder Emergence
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When Anthony Fisher met with F. A. Hayek at the London School of Economics in 1945 there were in the world few ventures researching and teaching about freeorder (under any name). Today, worldwide, in important part due to Fisher’s work, there are hundreds. The investment of lives and wealth has been substantial. In 1945, ex-RAF pilot Fisher did not have the money to engage in this work. He solved the problem by building a company to provide the English with chicken.
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Chickens and Freedom: Sir Anthony Fisher and his Buxted Chicken Company, founded in England in 1954, played a key part in creating over five hundred free market oriented think tanks, now in almost every country in the world. His start was to smuggle a dozen chicken eggs from Cornell into England decorated as Easter Eggs — only fitting since smugglers of beneficial goods are heroes of freeorder. See entries below (February) on Brasil for evidence of the impact of these groups.
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Anthony Fisher: Champion of Liberty ••• (Amazon) Gerald Frost ••• [danube institute]
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This book is available as a pdf ••• without charge from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) ••• London.
 
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Dr. Pierre Kory, a tribute by Lilly Defina posted by Robert W Malone MD, MS, 11 Jan 2025
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Lilly Defina’s tribute to Dr. Pierre Kory ••• “The Man, The Myth, The Legend”
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Dr. Malone writes:
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‘Dr. Pierre Kory. What a physician and warrior. Most shirk, and a few rise to the challenge. I consider him a fellow truthteller, friend, mentor, and colleague. I have been in foxholes with him and know that he will neither weenie out nor will he stab me in the back. A key groundbreaking medical leader throughout the COVIDcrisis. I first came to know him when, as editor, I asked him to submit his review regarding early treatment for COVID using Ivermectin to an edition of “Frontiers in Pharmacology” focused on repurposed drugs. The subsequent events starkly revealed the corruption of medical journals. Since then, he seems to have finally found a modicum of peace, after all the outrageous slings and arrows.’
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Dr. Malone’s substack •••
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Dr. Kory’s substack •••
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Lilly Defina’s substack •••
 
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Freedom Worldwide with Tom G. Palmer: Iran in a Changing Middle East — Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time: Sign up here: https://resources.atlasnetwork.org/freedom-worldwide-iran-in-a-changing-middle-east/ — there is no cost
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“Iran’s authoritarian regime is losing power. Everyday Iranians are rejecting official propaganda and have even refused to take part in state-sponsored pro-Hamas demonstrations. Although it still faces government oppression, the freedom movement in the country is growing as more and more people come in contact with the ideas of free markets and individual rights. The regime’s waning strength has created a unique opportunity for growing pro-freedom momentum in Iran and across the region to advance peace, prosperity, and human dignity.
“Join Dr. Tom G. Palmer—live from the Middle East—as he leads a conversation on the changing situation in Iran and what it means for the future of freedom in the country and across the region. This webinar will feature Mohamad Machine-Chian, an Iranian public policy scholar and a leader of the country’s freedom movement.
“What’s in Store:
What role the Iranian regime plays in the broader Middle East
How the freedom movement in Iran has grown
What this movement means for the region
What the future holds for free markets and individual rights in Iran and beyond
“About Dr. Tom G. Palmer:
Atlas Network’s Executive Vice President, Dr. Tom G. Palmer, has played a pivotal role in advancing liberty in challenging environments, from behind the Iron Curtain to the heart of the Muslim World. His rich experiences fostering young freedom movements around the globe make him the perfect guide to explore the current situation in the Middle East.”
 
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Current Bird Flu Outbreak is Man-Made: USDA Serial-Passage Gain-of-Function Research Extended Host Range to Migratory Waterfowl, Cattle, Sea Mammals ••• by Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, 2 Jan 2025
 
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‘We have reached crisis levels of doubt. It is The Age of Unenlightenment or what Brett Weinstein calls the Cartesian Dark Ages.” by David Collum — https://peakprosperity.com/2024-year-in-review-what-is-a-fact/
‘My frustration levels soar when I try to provide what I believe is an uncomfortable truth and my victim responds, “I Googled it, and you are wrong.” Oh for fuck’s sake: how many Deep-State sponsored fact-checkers told you that? It feels like we are suffering from a non-kinetic assault from somebody using Sun Tsu’s Three Warfares Doctrine: psychological warfare, media warfare, and legal warfare. I have no idea where this is coming from, but I have ground my brain to mush trying to understand why so many of our leaders show no evidence of foundational beliefs in the American Experiment. Paul Harvey nailed it in his 1965 diatribe, “If I Were the Devil.”’ ••• [rumble]
 
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“Forecast 2025 — Taking Out the Trash” ••• by James Howard Kunstler, 27 Dec 2024
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"A core reflex in these decades of postmodern insanity was constant rejection of things we thought we knew in favor of New, Improved Beliefs packaged from above.” — Matt Taibbi, Racket News
 
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James Watt ••• [project gutenberg] a biography by Andrew Carnegie
 
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Michael Polanyi - Resources, collected by Phil Mullins and Walter Gulick
 
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Alexander Dugin, “Trump’s Revolution” — on understanding Trump
 
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The Byzantine Empire ••• [youtube] by Sean Gabb — a series of twenty videos
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“Between 330 AD and 1453, Constantinople (modern Istanbul) was the capital of the Roman Empire, otherwise known as the Later Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire, the Mediaeval Roman Empire, or The Byzantine Empire. For most of this time, it was the largest and richest city in Christendom. The territories of which it was the central capital enjoyed better protections of life, liberty and property, and a higher standard of living, than any other Christian territory, and usually compared favourably with the neighbouring and rival Islamic empires.
“The purpose of this course is to give an overview of Byzantine history, from the refoundation of the City by Constantine the Great to its final capture by the Turks.”
 
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Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance (aBFT)
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This did not help in the year 1453, but may be important today.
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Hashgraph Consensus: Fair, Fast, Byzantine Fault Tolerance, by Leemon Baird, May 31, 2016, Swirlds Tech Report TR-2016-01
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“Abstract. A new system, the Swirlds hashgraph consensus algorithm, is proposed for replicated state machines with guaranteed Byzantine fault tolerance. It achieves fairness, in the sense that it is difficult for an attacker to manipulate which of two transactions will be chosen to be first in the consensus order. It has complete asynchrony, no leaders, no round robin, no proof-of- work, eventual consensus with probability one, and high speed in the absence of faults. It is based on a gossip protocol, in which the participants don’t just gossip about transactions. They gossip about gossip. They jointly build a hashgraph reflecting all of the gossip events. This allows Byzantine agreement to be achieved through virtual voting. Alice does not send Bob a vote over the Internet. Instead, Bob calculates what vote Alice would have sent, based on his knowledge of what Alice knows. This yields fair Byzantine agreement on a total order for all transactions, with very little communication overhead beyond the transactions themselves.”
 
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Leemon Baird | The Future of Distributed Ledger Technology Is Not Blockchain, It’s Hashgraph, Episode 22 of Demitri Kofinas’ Hidden Forces, 16 Oct 2017
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Kofinas was one of the first to recognize the significance of Baird’s invention for networks of computers that must maintain trusted agreement about the data they hold.
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Baird earned a Ph.D. in computer science at Carnegie Mellon in less than three years, the fastest ever, but it took him another five years of failed attempts to solve the problem of achieving consensus about the state of data commonly held by computers in an extensive worldwide network. His solution is now almost invisibly changing the world. [this speculation can be contested -ls]
 
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“Reform the Federal Reserve’s Governance to Deliver Better Monetary Outcomes” ••• by Daniel Katz and Stephen Miran, Adjunct Fellows, Manhattan Institute, 24 Mar 2024
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“This report argues that important benefits flow from a central bank that can conduct monetary policy free from short-term political pressures—and that to enable the Fed to do so, its governance should be overhauled. We propose a series of reforms aimed at recalibrating the Fed’s governance to ensure that it remains insulated from day-to-day politics while enhancing its accountability and democratic legitimacy.”
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Question: Is it the fundamental purpose of a central bank to give government a way to spend without taxing? This is a question not asked in the above paper, but something I’m curious about. -ls
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Another question: How can someone be responsible for a debt they did not agree to incur?
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Thinking about this places weight on the use of the word “responsible”, and thinking about that raises further difficult questions.
 
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Like humans, AIs become what they eat, therefore Prove AI •••
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EQTY Lab’s AI Integrity Suite: A Framework for Transparent AI •••
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Verifiable Compute, white paper ••• Dec 2024
 
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Steve Kirsch writes: “Official Czech Republic record level data released Nov 2024 confirms Moderna has nearly 50% higher ACM than Pfizer — For the first time in human history, a national government has voluntarily released record level data for vaccine. Epidemiologists worldwide IGNORE this data. But it doesn't stop me.” — 19 Jan 2025
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Kirsch’s summary: “No more needs to be said. Expect the medical community to do nothing. The data that is now in plain sight is too embarrassing for anyone to look at. Kudos to the Czech Republic. More countries should do the same. Medical outcomes are never improved when public health data is kept secret.”
 
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Escaping Stock Market Double Hell ••• by Vitaliy Katsenelson, 23 Jan 2025
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With a postscript about Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto 2, and a link to a performance by the composer.
 
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Naum Katsenselson ••• a Russian artist now living in the United States.
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“Naum Katsenelson matured as an artist in Russia. He became passionate about art at the age of ten. Naum visited the art classes of many famous teachers and masters of Soviet art, such as Alexander Mikhailov, Vasiliy Voronin, and Valentin Alekseev. From 1948 through 1952, in his teenage years, Naum’s artwork was exhibited in Moscow, All-Soviet Union, and international youth art exhibits.”
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I like this artist’s work and hope to do a little to make him better known. -ls
 
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Donald Trump’s speech at the Davos World Economic Forum, 23 Jan 2025, introduced by Klaus Schwab — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wwzj29kuvo [starts at 8:00 minutes]
 
Wheel-of-Emergence
 
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December 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
-Rumi, translated/interpreted by Coleman Barksˇ
 
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hiroshige-firefoxes-2024
New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji — Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857
The New World of the Gothic Fox by Claudio Véliz
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It has been a long winter.
On the great river the ice is breaking up.
Everywhere, the sound is carried on the wind.
-ls
 
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Important ideas contributing to freeorder are found in the work of Michael Polanyi, especially in these two books: Personal Knowledge and The Tacit Dimension.
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This article by Cassie Werber touches a corner of that vast field: “How Non-English Speakers Learn This Crazy Grammar Rule You Know But Never Heard Of: Some of the most binding rules in English are things that native speakers know but don’t know they know.” ••• — which sounds right? why?
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a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife
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a rectangular silver French old little lovely whittling green knife
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“Tacit Knowing: Grounds for a Revolution in Philosophy” ••• by Marjorie Grene (1911-2009)
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In Memoriam: Marjorie Grene ••• by Phil Mullins •••
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The Michael Polanyi Society •••
 
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“If there is one thing that might characterize the new times we are entering, it will be the recognition that real things have more value than fake things. We have been traumatized by fakery, and going forward great effort will go into identifying it. Our survival depends on being able to discern the fake from the real.” —James Howard Kunstler: https://www.kunstler.com/p/forecast-2025-taking-out-the-trash
 
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N. S. Lyons: “The Counter-Revolution Begins: principles for the Trump revolution if it wants to win bigly” •••
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What’s required to effect deep change in a culture. It’s not just politics.
 
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Rapid-Onset Political Enlightenment ••• [tablet magazine]
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Analysis of a political revolution that happened between 2000 and 2024. The author, David Samuels, subtitles the article: “How Barack Obama Built an Omnipotent Thought-Machine and How It Was Destroyed.”
 
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Three Contributions from Dave Walden
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Utopia at Wounded Knee, December 29th, 1890 •••
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‘Wounded Knee, though a largely forgotten episode of slaughter, remains a prime example of why Government promises of care & feeding should never be trusted; why the Second Amendment exists, and why no American with any knowledge of human nature or history should ever endorse, in exchange for alleged safety and “security,” the surrendering of their individual rights, among which is their right to defend themselves.’
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Harry Browne’s Christmas Gift to his Daughter, December 25, 1966 •••
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‘The following article was written by Harry Browne and published in a syndicated newspaper column. It was dedicated by Harry to his nine-year-old daughter.
‘As you may or may not know, Harry Browne was a giant in libertarian circles having published extensively, including his blockbuster, “How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World.”
The impact it had on me was memorable as I had just finished my first reading of Ayn Rand’s epic novel “Atlas Shrugged.” The ideas in her novel had awakened in me that which I had allowed to remain dormant throughout my limited schooling – a thirst for knowing. Harry’s article further stimulated my awakened soul to much of what I had previously ignored.
If you have read “Atlas,” you will find Harry’s compelling perspective that he shares with his daughter in the character of Hank Rearden. Rearden is the man who always pays his own way. He knows nothing is free in the world, and he always offers value for value.’
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U.S. Constitution: Living or Dead? •••
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“What our Founders actually did write about the birth of our Constitution and the rule of its law”
 
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Diamond-Michael Scott on James C. Bennett & Michael J. Lotus’ America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century--Why America's Greatest Days Are Yet to Come — “Are We Witnessing a New Dawn For The U.S.?: America’s Emerging 3.0 Era Illuminated
 
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Agua Via — the future of water purification, desalination, oil mining — with 1-atomic layer thick membranes
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Membrane Thickness - Comparison
Ant-Whale_Agua-Via
 
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Max Borders ••• [substack] writes: “In February 2025, I will co-host the “Crypto Cities” portion of the wider Vitalia event in Roatan, Honduras. Historically, the island is a pirate’s paradise. Today, Roatan is home to the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. In collaboration with Prospera, Vitalia seeks to attract the builders and creatives to imagine the world of tomorrow. But it’s not just about startups and investment. It’s also about establishing the moral and legal foundations for the freest jurisdictions on earth where people can become their very best selves and take the torch from the past practitioners of virtue and talent.”
 
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Superhuman Protocol ••• a sequence of three brief exposures to pulsed electromagnetic fields, pure oxygen, and infrared light is said to speed healing and improve health.
 
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Ozonated Glycerin — Robert Jay Rowen
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“A Nobel Prize Worthy Discovery Promising to Revolutionize ALL Ozone/Oxidation Therapy and Medical Treatment Across the Board - That You Can Do At HOME! This Post is a Must for Pet Owners” 25 Nov 2024 — #28 Part I 2024 ••• The Rowen Report •••
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Interview with Dr. Bridge in audio only, better quality than the video elsewhere ••• [rumble]
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Ozonated Glycerin Workshop. February 10, 2025. Open to All by Streaming and a Few In Person Seats •••
 
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AllinCrypto & Brandon Hargreaves in conversation about Hedera Hashgraph •••
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I am speculating that a portion of the emergence of Freeorder will be made viable by Hedera’s technology and its users. -ls
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Brandon interviews Tim Popplewell of Scintilla about the tokenization of real world assets ••• [youtube]
 
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The False Promise of Control : Hayek's 50-year-old warning and today's AI policy debates
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‘Today's AI policy debates echo a profound warning from fifty years ago today. When F.A. Hayek accepted his Nobel Prize in Economics, he delivered a critique of his own field that, for me, resonates in current AI debates. His speech, "The Pretence of Knowledge," challenged economics' attempts to mimic the precision of physical sciences—a mistake that today's AI policy advocates risk repeating.’ — Neil Chilson, in his substack ••• “Getting Out of Control”
 
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Like humans, AIs become what they eat, therefore Prove AI •••
 
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Space Policy Institute ••• George Washington University
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“The cislunar space beyond traditional Earth orbits is rapidly gaining in strategic importance. This region, which includes lunar, lunar transfer and Lagrange orbits, is already an arena for international space competition. Returning to the moon comes with the potential commercial benefits of untapped mineral resources, water to facilitate human presence on the surface and fuel to support missions to Mars and beyond.” —“Beyond ISS: America must lead in LEO, cislunar and beyond” ••• by Charles Bolden, Scott Pace and Bill Liquori, May 15, 2024
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Water for space (see Agua Via, above)
 
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Mike Solana argues that “The Moon Should Be a State” •••
 
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John O’Sullivan, international editor of Australia’s Quadrant Magazine examines the prospects for the Trump administration — quadrant.org.au/magazine/asperities/trump-and-the-magnificent-six/
 
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Professor A. I. Hayek and Leif Smith discuss "freeorder" — a summary by Perplexity.ai
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I told Perplexity.ai that it was about receive the transcript of a discussion
Perplexity.ai: "Thank you for letting me know. I'm ready to receive and analyze the transcript in the next message. Once you've shared it, I'll be able to review the content and engage in a discussion about the dialogue between the AI emulation of F.A. Hayek and Leif Smith regarding the concept of 'freeorder'. Please feel free to send the transcript whenever you're ready, and I'll be prepared to address any specific questions or provide analysis based on the information provided."
I copied the transcript of the conversation into Perplexity.ai's question box. The full transcript can be found here: explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/642.html
Perplexity.ai responded: "The transcript provided details [of] a dialogue between an AI emulation of F.A. Hayek and Leif Smith, discussing the concept of "freeorder" on August 12, 2023. Here are the key points from their conversation:"
Origin of "Freeorder"
Leif Smith conceived the term "freeorder" in 1970 while studying Hayek's works. He aimed to find a word that matched Hayek's requirements specified in the postscript of "The Constitution of Liberty."
Definition and Applicability
"Freeorder" is defined as "a balance among designed and spontaneous order that serves quest." The AI Hayek found this concept useful and aligned with his ideas about societal and economic balance.
Relevance to Hayek's Philosophy
The AI Hayek considered "freeorder" as potentially suitable for describing the political philosophy he sought in his postscript "Why I Am Not a Conservative." It encapsulates the balance between freedom and order, emphasizing their interdependence.
Extension to Human Thought
The AI Hayek agreed that "freeorder" could apply to human thought processes, noting the interplay between deliberate (designed) and spontaneous elements in cognition.
Role of Artist-Entrepreneurs
Leif Smith proposed that the emergence of Freeorder would be driven by artist-entrepreneurs. The AI Hayek found this idea aligned with his thoughts, recognizing the balance of design and spontaneity in their activities.
Explorers Foundation
The dialogue briefly touched on explorersfoundation.org, describing it as a website committed to the idea of "freeorder" and its application to endless exploration and discovery.
Karl Popper's Perspective
The AI Hayek speculated that Karl Popper might have found the term "freeorder" aligning well with his own views on open society and the organic evolution of ideas and culture.
This dialogue demonstrates an intriguing exploration of Hayek's ideas through the lens of modern AI technology, extending his concepts to contemporary discussions on societal organization and thought processes.
*** the end of Perplexity.ai's output ***
The above is the content of explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/649.html —created December 2, 2024
 
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Two Rivers —1930s England, 2024 Argentina
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When Hayek began the work that produced The Road to Serfdom and The Constitution of Liberty he found himself standing by the bank of a great river in full flood, threatening to sweep him away along with everything he loved. That river had its source in a mountain range of great intellects who dominated English culture who were convinced that liberalism had failed and that it must be replaced by a comprehensively wise scientific government that would assure that what was done and allowed was the best possible for the population under its care.
During many years Hayek gathered a network of out-of-favor thinkers and worked with them to establish a new mountain range in competition with the old. Now, another river flows from those mountains. Participants in “Threads of Freeorder” are farming and building on land watered by that river. -ls
The beginnings of this story are brilliantly told in Caldwell and Lausinger in chapter 25 of Hayek: A Life ••• 2022, University of Chicago Press
 
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By some miracle the old river has been diverted and a new river flows through Argentina
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Argentina Is Responding to Shock Therapy : “He comes across like a madman, but Javier Milei is fast becoming the man of the moment”, by Quico Toro, published in Persuasion ••• 17 Dec 2024
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The Atlantic ••• “Quico Toro is a writer at www.quicotoro.com and a contributing editor at Persuasion. Based in Montréal, he writes for Le Devoir and founded Vive La Ruelle.”
 
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A strategy for inoculating minds against truth, “pre-bunking”, based on vaccination theory
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“Google Jigsaw’s Plan to Vaccinate Your Mind” ••• by Mike Benz, 20 Nov 2023, published by Foundation for Freedom Online •••
 
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Education without Indoctrination, Ralston College ••• — “To Think is to be Free”
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“Ralston College is a new university that rejects the tired status quo of higher education. It is radical in the truest sense.” —text of ad on back cover of the December 2024 issue of The New Criterion •••
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“A revival and reinvention of the traditional university. A fellowship for anyone, anywhere who seeks the truth with courage.”
 
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“The Missing Institution: Why Our Young People Are Not Flourishing” ••• 23 Nov 2023 by Michael Strong, published in his substack, “Michael Strong's Entrepreneurial Solutions” •••
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“An alternative interpretation for the failure to replicate pedagogical genius might focus on the fact that there are no institutions in our society that support the replication of pedagogical success. Teaching is fundamentally a performance art – real time interactions in chaotic and complex human situations. There are no institutions in our society that provide for an environment in which master practitioners of this performance art systematically transfer their expertise.”
 
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Pierre Kory proposes something radical, writing in Real Clear Health, 17 Dec 2024
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‘Although it is unclear what impact this Op-Ed will have on captured health agency and media behavior, I believe it crystallizes this critical issue and the growing expectations (and past disappointments) of the American populace.
‘In a seismic political shift, Republicans have laid claim to an issue that Democrats left in the gutter—the declining health of Americans. True, it took a Democrat with a famous name to ask why so many people are chronically ill, disabled and dying younger than in 47 other countries. But the message resonated with the GOP.
‘We have a proposal in this unfolding milieu. Let’s have a serious, nuanced discussion. Let’s retire labels that have been weaponized against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated for Health and Human Services Secretary, and many people like him.
‘Start with discarding threadbare words like “conspiracy theory,” “anti-vax,” and the ever-changing “misinformation.”
‘These linguistic sleights of hand have been deployed—by government, media and vested interests—to dismiss policy critics and thwart debate. If post-election developments tell us anything, it is that such scorn may no longer work for a population skeptical of government overreach.’
 
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“The Counter-Disinformation Industry Promotes Left-wing Groupthink, Not Truth” ••• by Sabrina Joy Stevens ••• published in the Journal of Free Black Thought ••• 17 Dec 2024
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‘A few years ago, as funders started throwing money at anyone willing to address the purported role of disinformation in Donald Trump’s 2016 election, many advocacy organizations, academics, political operatives, and media professionals dove into the counter-disinformation business. As a former employee of one such organization and later as an independent consultant and trainer, I saw that business up close. While I'll always support individuals and organizations doing responsible work to overcome divisiveness and deception in civic life, I feel the need to warn people about the dishonest and partisan industry that has sprung up around “fighting disinformation.””
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A conjecture about web3 tokens, wealth, and the emergence of Freeorder
The world will be made well through network tokens bearing and returning the capital, vision, and thought required to rebalance the use of design and accident thereby inspiring a sharing of quests and the emergence of Freeorder. It’s time, the tools, gathered over centuries, are at hand. We can do it. -ls
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Beginnings
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Universe
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ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς ὁ οὐρανὸν καὶ ὁ γῆν (in beginning made god heaven and earth).
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Blockchain
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“When the Bitcoin software was publicly announced in 2009, it was important that nodes joining the network could build a common history of the blockchain. Satoshi Nakamoto accomplished this by hardcoding in the “Genesis block” in the Bitcoin software. While blocks in the Bitcoin network are normally mined by nodes in the network, it was important for there to be a single source of truth for nodes to build the blockchain from when joining the network, even if they were the first node to ever join the network. By hardcoding the Genesis block into the Bitcoin code, there was a guarantee that nodes joining the network all started at the same beginning.” — “The mystery of the Genesis block” ••• by Connor Murray, 7 Dec 2021, in CoinGeek •••
 
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A question for Perplexity.ai — Is the universe a blockchain built on a Genesis block?
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For an entertaining conversation with Perplexity: enter these separately, in this order:
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If you had to choose one of these theories which would you prefer: 1) the universe is a blockchain; 2) the universe is a directed acyclic graph (DAG)? [wait for response]
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So, you are telling me the universe might after all be a giant spaghetti monster? [wait for response]
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You are forcing me to conclude that Hedera is a giant spaghetti monster. [now maybe you should apologize for not recognizing the serious nature of the problem]
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Hedera is an alternative to blockchain. It is built on a form of directed acyclic graph.
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It is interesting to note that Perplexity seems to have patient concern for the quality of its questioner’s thought processes.
 
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“Fixing the Biden Border” ••• 23 Dec 2024 by Victor Davis Hanson •••
 
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The Great Ralph Raico ••• by Lew Rockwell ••• of Mises.org
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‘… Raico was our greatest historian of classical liberalism, but he in fact doesn’t like the term “classical liberalism.” As he puts it, “There was no ‘classical’ liberalism, only a single liberalism, based on private property and the free market, that developed organically, from first to last.” Liberals believe that the main institutions of society can function without the state: “Liberalism … is based on the conception of civil society as by and large self-regulating when its members are free to act within the very wide bounds of their individual rights.’
 
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November 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
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Omni-Americans — Albert Murray; the journal Free Black Thought
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“for all their traditional antagonisms and obvious differences, the so-called black people and the so-called white people of the United States resemble nobody else in the world as much as they resemble each other.” —Albert Murray in “Omni-Americans”, 1970
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Introduction to "The Omni-American Review" ••• A new journal pays homage to Albert Murray's vision of American excellence — reported in Free Black Thought ••• [substack]
 
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Diamond-Michael Scott on “Ada “Bricktop” Smith
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‘Ada “Bricktop” Smith was not just a nightclub owner or entertainer—she was a cultural architect who shaped the global arts scene and defied racial barriers during some of the most tumultuous times in history. Born on August 14, 1894, in Alderson, West Virginia, her story spans continents and decades, embodying resilience, talent, and an unrelenting commitment to artistry. With her distinctive red hair and freckles, a gift from her Irish grandfather, Bricktop’s presence was as striking as her contributions to Black history and cultural evolution.’
 
 
jazz is freeorder
freeorder is jazz
 
Foxclan-David_Hock
 
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The Capitalist League •••
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Publishers of The Capitalist Manifesto — George Gilder’s Foreword is excellent!
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Gilder writes, “… capitalism is not chiefly an incentive system, driven by rewards and punishments, by greed and desire. It is an information system, driven by curiosity and imagination, experiment and learning.”
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The Capitalist League on Facebook: facebook.com/capitalistleague/
 
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Liberty Con ••• Prague, April 26-27 “The largest pro-liberty event in Europe”
 
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The German King — a film about the history of Cameroon, by Angel Studios
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“In the hands of oppressors, the history of the oppressed will slip away.”
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“The German King is a story of the heroism it takes to hold onto a people’s lost history. Set during The Scramble For Africa leading up to the First World War, The German King is inspired by the true story of Rudolf Douala Manga Bell–a German-raised African prince who becomes king after his father’s death. Estranged from his homeland, Rudolf returns to Cameroon only to find oppression, grief, and death. Confronted with injustice and compelled to act, Rudolf leads a rebellion against Kaiser Wilhelm II, a man Rudolf once counted as a brother.” — https://invest.angel.com/germanking
 
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Robert Jay Rowen ••• [substack]: “A Nobel Prize Worthy Discovery Promising to Revolutionize ALL Ozone/Oxidation Therapy and Medical Treatment Across the Board - That You Can Do At HOME! This Post is a Must for Pet Owners”
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Ventures operating within the architecture of forges will keep the world sane. The networks they form will constitute a freeorder contrasting with church and state, summing to a network providing enduring pressure to hold both of those within limits protective of conjecture, venture, and error correction. Romantic aspiration and critical rationalism may then flourish in every part of the concert of civilizations. It will be as if a steady sacred and trusted fire burns within the heart of the world. It is my deep hope that we may earn and expect endless renewal of such fire, and may such expectation give us joy. -ls
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Stuart Kaufmann’s “order for free” is about things fundamental to freeorder
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“Stuart Kaufmann is a biologist; professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and a professor at the Santa Fe Institute; author of Origins of Order: Self Organization and Selection in Evolution (1993), and coauthor with George Johnson of At Home in the Universe (1995).”
 
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The Texas Stock Exchange is coming — txse.com
 
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Vitalia City ••• Vitalia Forever: Join the legendary pop-up city, seeding a permanent hub for Longevity Biotech Acceleration, Jan 6 → Mar 3, 2025 — Roatan, Honduras
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“If you believe that life is good and death is bad, and technology is the force for civilizational progress, then Vitalia is where you’ll find your tribe”
 
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“Micro Entrepreneurial Cities: A Panacea for Solo Entrepreneurs and Remote Workers?” ••• Diamond-Michael Scott
 
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Why Africa Needs Startup Cities ••• Magatte Wade; Africa’s Bright Future ••• [substack]
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Atlas Network Announces the Launch of the George Ayittey Society ••• October 4, 2023
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George Ayittey’s economics textbook ••• Applied Economics for Africa: A New Textbook for African Students
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Ayittey’s magnificent speech introducing the African Cheetah
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The Heart of a Cheetah ••• by Magatte Wade
 
In Manchester, England and Dakar, Senegal
megaliths were placed by industrialist Jameson Watt
and visionary poet known as Ayittey
C.E. 2077
Heat from burning coal
Made steam,
Cleared dead air from cylinders.
Obstacles gone,
As if waiting for freedom,
Live air of mind and spirit
Drove pistons forward.
Cheetah energy
Dreamed and built,
As a world beheld
The rise of Africa.
This futuristic vision may be clarified by Jenny Uglow’s The Lunar Men •••
and by the items above about the work of George Ayittey and Magatte Wade. -ls
 
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Strengthening Genebanks in Sub-Saharan Africa •••
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“Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa face the combined threats of climate change, degraded agricultural lands and a growing population. They will need more resilient, productive and nutritious crops to meet these challenges. Unfortunately, crop diversity—which offers the raw materials for crop innovation—is being lost at unprecedented rates. 
“Equally concerning is that the collections of seeds currently held in the participating national genebanks are also at grave risk. For years, the genebanks have suffered from insufficient staffing and low levels of funding. 
“The Seeds for Resilience ••• project is providing the financial and technical support to ensure these five national genebanks will reach the necessary international standards to ensure their collections will be safe and widely available, long term.”
 
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Andrei Amalrik ••• [vArcher] author of “Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?” — a man not to be forgotten, a unique dissident
 
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Barry Brownstein’s “Sing the Melody of Freedom”
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A beautiful story conveying important truth — mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/sing-the-melody-of-freedom
 
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‘I’ve been contacted by the Trump transition team to hold some sort of position within the USDA and have accepted one of the six "Advisor to the Secretary" spots.’ —Joe Salatin
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thelunaticfarmer.com/blog -see the post of November 6, “Celebration”
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Chris Wright, of Energy and Liberty, has been appointed Energy Secretary •••
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A message from Chris Wright, “Thank You, North Face” •••
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Jay Bhattacharya appointed head of NIH
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Interviewed by Peter Robinson, on his “Uncommon Knowledge” ••• Hoover Institution
 
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American politics has entered a period of racial depolarization
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“Racial depolarization is a welcome development. A democracy in which voters calmly assess policies is superior to one driven by reflexive tribal loyalties.” —Sadanand Dhume, 6 Nov 24, Wall Street Journal
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‘Ruy Teixeira, a scholar of political demographics at the American Enterprise Institute … believes that American politics has entered “a period of racial depolarization.”’ —Dhume, WSJ
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Stanford Report on Deliberative Democracy ••• 4 Feb 21
 
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Like humans, AIs become what they eat, therefore Prove AI •••
 
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The power of AI summarization - discussion between Carlson and Ramaswamy
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2,212 words were cut from the transcript of Tucker Carlson’s 9 November 2024 interview with Vivek Ramaswamy. An AI summarizer returned this (accurate) summary:
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The speaker, Vivek Ramaswamy, discusses the idea of mass deporting unelected federal bureaucrats out of the DC bureaucracy as a solution to save the country. He explains that the current legal landscape, supported by the Supreme Court, allows for the removal of unconstitutional federal regulations written by these bureaucrats. By reducing the number of regulations, there is a logical argument for downsizing the federal bureaucracy. Ramaswamy criticizes the Federal Reserve, stating that a large number of its employees are unnecessary and contribute to harmful policies. He emphasizes the need for executive branch humility in following the Supreme Court's directives to address the issue. Ultimately, he believes that downsizing the federal bureaucracy is crucial in preventing illegal actions and saving the country.”
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The summarizer employed was: editpad.org/tool/text-summarizer
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The interview and transcript is at: tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-vivek
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The 2,212 words provided to the summarizer start with “But I'm actually far more intrigued and interested for the long run in what I think of as the second mass deportation that we require” a little after “Vivek Ramaswamy [00:26:57]” and end with “And I think that's the stuff of how you actually save a country. Boring as that might sound.” found right before “Tucker [00:37:46]”.
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AI summarization is astonishing, but more so is the idea of returning a large part of Washington D.C. to farmland as ex-bureaucrats leave for productive employment throughout the country.
 
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“The Evolution and Validation of the Metabolic Theory of Cancer” ••• by Pierre Kory, MD, MPA, 04Oct24
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“For the past 70 years the Somatic Mutation Theory (SMT) guided all research and treatment in cancer. Why are so few aware that it was overturned 15 years ago by the Metabolic Theory of Cancer (MTOC)?”
 
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Karl Popper: The Presocratic Enlightenment
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Karl Popper's Seminar, London School of Economics, 1968, described by Arne F. Petersen
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Arne F.. Petersen began attending Karl Popper's seminar in 1968, eventually becoming his research assistant, and then editor of Popper's The World of Parmenides: Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment. Petersen, in his Editor's Preface, recalls the seminar:
“… studying in Oxford in 1968, I started to go to London once a week to attend Popper's lectures and seminars at the LSE. To me it was like jumping on to an express train in motion. At that time there prevailed in these seminars a captive atmosphere of real learning, a quest for knowledge and a kind of teaching that reflected many great moments in the history of science and philosophy.
“Outstanding scientists and philosophers from all over the world took part in Popper's seminars, where everybody seemed at home as members of a large family who could criticize each others' views without being on bad terms. And his lectures on logic and scientific method, which students of many nationalities attended, were the scene of a continuing educational process stirred by a creative and critical mind of unusual richness and rigour. Through a lecture Popper could create a thrill of suspense and revelation in his audience as he unravelled the circumstances of a discovery or recounted the solution to a philosophical or scientific problem. He made philosophy of science a living enterprise showing how ideas of the past could reason with ideas of the present.”
He concludes his preface with these words:
“Through his example and work Karl opened new roads to knowledge and cleared old ones, and in trying to follow the Parmenides way of inquiry, I, for one, have often been rewarded with the striking impression that, in spite of what mankind has done to it, the world may be still as new and fresh as it was at the dawn of our civilization.”
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The above text is kept here: explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/600.html
 
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Regarding Politics
Freeorder grows when a government that actively works to suppress the communication of people with whom disagrees is defeated. Freeorder shrinks if the winning faction employs its coercive power to build monuments to its own views. -ls
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Robert W. Malone, who began as a biochemical researcher, has become a philosopher of liberty.
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“Paved with Good Intentions: Utilitarianism + Socialism + Corporatism = Fascist Totalitarianism” ••• by Robert W. Malone, MD, MS, 5 October 2024
 
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A Midwestern Doctor on DMSO •••
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“Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a remarkably safe compound that can treat a variety of challenging conditions. Since DMSO is remarkably effective for treating chronic pain, arthritis, and injuries like sprains or burns (discussed further here), it quickly spread across America as a miracle drug. Thousands of studies were conducted to confirm its value, and before long, hundreds of thousands of people considered it to be the most important therapeutic ever discovered.
“Unfortunately, due to various negative political factors, the FDA went from embracing DMSO to going to war against it, and eventually, the pharmaceutical industry reluctantly followed suit. Sadder still, the FDA refused to relent even once …”
 
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Who is Leemon Baird: The Mind Behind Hedera Hashgraph ••• by AllinCrypto •••
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Leemon Baird’s 2017 Harvard talk, “New Directions for Blockchains & Distributed Ledgers •••
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Ventures based on Leemon’s work are covered by Brandon Hargreaves in his weekly program
 
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“We're Building Thothica, An AI-Powered platform that transforms how you interact with text.
our closed beta is underway with select universities, think tanks, academics, and researchers.
for more information write to hello@thothica.com” —Adnan Abbasi
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There may be news about this in December. -ls
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Conversations about freeorder with Professor A.I. Hayek, conducted through Thothica.com
 
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Navigating Market Cycles: From Bulls to Nvidia – AI Edition ••• by Vitaliy Katsenelson, November 26, 2024
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“I asked AI to transform my essays into a radio show-style conversation. In this episode, topic is stock market math, sideways markets, the role of P/E in market cycles, impact of interest rates on P/E, economic analysis, Magnificent Seven stocks, NVIDIA, and a lot more.” —vk
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Vitaliy’s “Intellectual Investor” investor.fm
 
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Brian Roemmele’s “Read Multiplex” readmultiplex.com/ — @BrianRoemmele on X
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An article to serve as an introduction to Brian Roemmele: “The Fork In The Road. Part 1.”
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“On June 29th, 2007 our world changed in a very significant way. Few really realized the magnitude of this change. This was the day a 135 gram and 11.6mm thick glass, plastic and aluminum rectangle was placed on sale in the United States. It was the first always-connected pocket super computer complete with a simplified user interface and the promise of moving networked super computing at a mass world-wide scale. Prior to this date, there were various constituent parts available for the decade prior, however this was the culmination in a single device. What was this device? The Apple iPhone model 1. Some may argue the 1977 rise of the Personal Computer started this shift, in reality it did not have the foundations for widespread adoption until the iPhone”
 
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Does All Semiconductor Manufacturing Depend on Spruce Pine Quartz? ••• Brian Potter, Construction Physics •••
 
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October 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
Unexpected emergence — although not of Freeorder; an impressive unfreezing of imagination.
Boat by Ericsson
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Encyclopedia of the Emergence
A note for all participants in the world of integrating forges (∮forge), who may be thereby participants in the formation of the Encyclopedia of the Emergence:
You are all helping to discover fragments of the emergence of Freeorder and are helping me to record bits of it in “Threads of Freeorder”. The Emergence is immense and far beyond the ability of any person or network to comprehend other than a small part. Each abstract description of the Emergence is shaped both by theory and by contact with specific instances. A process of mutual modification continuously shapes general theory and also shapes the process of discovery and description of instances. We will never completely know what we are seeing, but the endless process of finding out is wonderful!
Instances of something vaguely seeming to suggest a freeordering principle at work may be gathered based on nothing more than a sense of suspected similarity, and then in a moment of sudden (perhaps surprising) comprehension the principle that underlies the perceived unity may spring forth. Thus grows the understanding of the Emergence of Freeorder, or simply, the Emergence.
So it was with the gradual development of the name, “Enlightenment”, a process that continued and continues long after the time of the events that underlay growing abstract comprehension of something that deserved a name.
The name itself appeared only late in the process, and under that name it was possible for Diderot and his companion investigators and investors to bring together an Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment.
The Encyclopedia of The Emergence (of Freeorder), will not be a single work, as was that of Diderot and his associates. It will never appear as a whole, but it will be itself an emergent, as a cloud of images and ideas rising out of millions of connections among the builders of tens of thousands of forges (freeorder generators).
When we speak of “emergence” we speak of the actualization of the best in humanity, characterized by freeing imaginations, the development of critical minds, the discovery of quest serving balances among kinds of order, and thriving in competitive collaboration while leaving behind combative destructive tribalisms.
The immateriality and unboundability of the Encyclopedia of the Emergence expresses aspects of its essential nature and of the world on which it depends.
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Beyond the Ballot: An Evening with Yaron Brook & Tom Krannawitter, 7 Nov 2024, evening — Register: Pelican Bay at Cherry Creek Marina, Denver area
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Yaron Brook ••• is the former executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute
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Thomas Krannawitter, author and teacher ••• [claremont review of books]
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Mike Williams, moderator, is the founder of Defenders of Capitalism •••
 
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“Choosing an Investment Manager: Beyond Warren and Charlie” ••• by Vitaliy Katsenelson
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This page will ask for your email address and will open access to articles on Vitaliy’s The Intellectual Investor.
 
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Center for Metal Arts ••• Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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“The mission of CMA is to maintain a high-quality educational forging program, providing the best equipped facility deeply rooted in the traditions and history of this craft, reaching and serving the broadest possible audience of artists, craftspeople and students in the U.S. and abroad. Core to this mission is the preservation through use of the historic Cambria Iron Company facilities in Johnstown Pennsylvania.”
 
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Advancing Eco Agriculture ••• devoted to regenerative agriculture
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“AEA brings together resourceful, intelligent pioneers who want to change the world of food and agriculture. We are a diverse group of agronomists, farmers, engineers, storytellers, scientists, and technicians, united by a shared vision of a better world. We demonstrate genuine care for the farmers we work with, the soil they tend, the food grown on that soil, and the health of all who consume it.”
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“Our story begins with John Kempf” •••
 
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Naturtech Systems ••• “A biofertilizer that's the first of its kind” — stable nitrogen
 
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“The Neo-Liberal Consensus Is Coming Apart” ••• by Jeffrey A. Tucker, 20 Oct 2024, — int The Brownstone Institute ••• [reposted on zerohedge •••]
 
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World Free Zones Organization ••• introductory video ••• [youtube]
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media center & newsletters •••
 
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An impressive speech: In twelve minutes Magatte Wade explains why Africa is poor and shows us the key to the way out.
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Magatte Wade Full Speech | 2024 CEI Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Winner ••• [youtube]
 
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Elon Musk - A talk, a discussion with the audience, and a conversation with Tucker Carlson
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A Town Hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nAKEpMgBQYxL
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Elon starts talking at minute 34 into this “live recording”. At minute 43:45 he begins taking questions from the audience and continues the conversation for almost two hours.
 
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“All the Wisdom That's Been Discarded: How Dr. Jordan Peterson is saving civilization” ••• by John Leake ••• writing for the McCullough Foundation ••• created by Dr. Peter McCullough •••
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“I am frequently asked why the Canadian psychologist, Dr. Jordan Peterson, has become such a superstar among young men. The answer, it seems to me, is self-evident. In his talks and interviews, he offers a concrete and clear presentation of all of the wisdom of Western Civilization—going back to the Old Testament and ancient Greeks—that’s been discarded.” —John Leake, 12 Oct 2024
 
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As untruths are promoted by governments independent thinkers with integrity begin to ask questions. When those questions become annoying or even dangerous to authority these newly ‘radicalized’ persons are ejected from the sphere of the tolerated and favored. Once forced outside, not being people of passive temperament, they find independent ways to express their opinions and become useful to others. Some of them write and teach, some form new organizations, and it all becomes seeds for emerging Freeorder. There are now almost everywhere in the world many such people and organizations. They exist in huge numbers. The builders of a world in which truth is regarded as essential are finding one another and realizing that what they have in common is exactly what the systems they left have lost or rejected. There is a mutual recognition in all this that is exciting. The newly emergent companionships make life better.
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Robert W. Malone, who began as a biochemical researcher, has become a philosopher of liberty.
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“Paved with Good Intentions: Utilitarianism + Socialism + Corporatism = Fascist Totalitarianism” ••• by Robert W. Malone, MD, MS, 5 October 2024
 
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“The Urgent Case for Anti-Aging and Age-Reversal Biotechnologies: Why increasing healthspans will help solve, not worsen, the fertility crisis” ••• the first article in Patrick Cox’s new substack •••
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The Methuselah Effect: How the trend toward longevity is accelerating … and soon will turn your world upside down ••• by Patrick Cox, published by Mauldin Economics ••• 2016. An offer to download a free excerpt from Patrick’s book will be found here.
 
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Paul Rosenberg: “Can We Dare To Imagine Goodness?” ••• [free-man’s perspective]
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“… the modern West swims in a sea of secular Calvinism. The corporate bullhorns feed everyone they can a steady diet of the bad, the ugly, and if possible the bloody. Under their influence, we would believe that all is darkness, that truth is illusion, that the human path is ever-downward, and that all professions of goodness are frauds.”
 
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The source of the emergence of Freeorder is millions of personally held images of a world in which the development, strengthening, and expression of human virtue flourishes. In such a world there is necessary and continuous regeneration of the knowledge needed to hold and sustain those images. It is the ability to bear those images in mind that inspires action to make Freeorder more than a thing of dreams.
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BqETH: A solution to the problem of Digital Asset Inheritance?
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“The blockchain-based solution to the problem of Digital Asset Inheritance
“What is the point of embracing a new world of wealth protection only to hand it over to the failed schemes of the past?
“Any crypto legacy plan that relies on trust in people, corporations, paper, metal objects or physical locations can and often fails—$100 Billion in the last 15 years. Don't let your heirs suffer too.
“Grounded in the principles of security and privacy, we use only the tools of mathematics, cryptography and blockchain technology to build an unbreakable Digital Inheritance protocol. For our clients, deceptively simple to use, and built to last a lifetime.”
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bqeth.com — introduction, self-paced course, FAQs
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BqETH will be of interest to estate and wealth advisors. -ls
 
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Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money ••• by Judy Shelton ••• Publication Date: Oct. 8, 2024, Publisher: Independent Institute •••
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Recommendations:
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In her book Good as Gold, Judy Shelton explains what was lost after the gold-backed Bretton Woods system was abandoned by the Nixon administration. Stable money is a pillar of the supply-side agenda for achieving productive economic growth. We need a dollar that is a world currency, that’s for sure—one that provides a reliable store of value at home and is recognized as the world’s most respected monetary standard for international trade and investment. Judy Shelton shows us how to achieve both.” —Arthur B. Laffer, PhD
A book more than worth its weight in gold. Shelton obliterates the wrong-headed, opportunity-killing ideas that currently have a vice-like grip on central bankers and economic policymakers. Then she lays out a new way forward to achieving sound money—the absolute requisite for a genuinely prosperous, free-market future. A masterful achievement.” —Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief, Forbes Media
In 1997, Judy Shelton’s mentor, the Nobel laureate Robert Mundell, proclaimed that ‘gold will be part of the international monetary system in the twenty-first century.’ In a clear and persuasive way, Shelton’s Good as Gold provides a road map for the United States to follow, leading the way to Mundell’s promised land.” —Steve H. Hanke, professor of applied economics, Johns Hopkins University
Judy Shelton’s brilliant plan for the redemption of the U.S. dollar couldn’t be timelier. A 24-karat broadside in the service of sound money, world prosperity, and—who dreamt it was possible?—the ennoblement of American politics.” —James Grant, publisher, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
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Publisher’s Highlights & Synopsis •••
 
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This transformative five-part course is designed for those ready to construct a powerful memeplex: an Empire of the Mind. In a world where personal stagnation can be dangerous, we will learn to shed old skin, gather our strength, and rise against the forces of manipulation and control. More than a course, this symposium is rooted in a powerful vision of social self-organization, along with the doctrine and practices that can realize it.
 
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“Why We’ll Win” ••• by Paul Rosenberg, found on his “Free-Man’s Perspective” •••
 
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“Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Criminal Offending Examining the Efficacy and Potential Impact”
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‘What Is CBT? — CBT is a form (and perhaps more accurately today, a family type) of psychotherapy that attempts to reduce distress (e.g., depression, anger) and problematic behaviors by helping individuals “identify, challenge, and change maladaptive thought patterns in order to change their responses to difficult situations.” CBT assumes a relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It provides strategies that can be used to recognize reactive, distorted, automatic thoughts and then reconsider their merit. Distorted thinking can be a notable characteristic among criminal offenders, in whom it might take the form of blaming (“Society is out to get me”), overgeneralizing (“I can never catch a break”), or mind-reading (“He thinks I’m weak and said that to provoke me”), to take just a few examples.’
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This is a Manhattan Institute ••• “Issue Brief” by Carolyn D. Gorman and Robert VerBruggen published on 10 October 2024
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The purpose of freeorder generators (forges) is “to build a world fit for explorers and to fit ourselves to live in such a world”. For humans to move anything of great mass tools are required. Over the last few centuries we have collected many such tools, some of which are described as ‘a family type’ in the above article under the name CBT.” -ls
 
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The mission of Restorative Justice ••• Longmont, Colorado
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“To advance restorative justice principles and practices throughout Colorado by providing gateways to information, networking and support.”
 
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Straight Line Logic — a daily collection of articles selected by Robert Gore, novelist, CEO, and an editor whose choices are guided by a view consistent with Ayn Rand’s and with freeorder.
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Everything I Know About Business I Learned From The Godfather ••• [amazon] by Robert Gore
 
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Victor Davis Hanson: “We Are in Need of Renaissance People”, 7 October 2024
 
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The DeCentralization File ••• with a Foreword by John McClaughry ••• published at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics •••
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I recommend John’s foreword to anyone interested in the history of the idea of freeorder. -ls
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‘In 1973, the Anglo-German economist E.F. Schumacher popularized the idea of “decentralism” in his seminal book Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered.’ —from the foreword
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‘This digital collection offers over 100 selections of decentralist thought from many different historic eras, authors, and countries. Together, these pieces exhibit the depth and breadth of decentralist thinking across the political, social and economic spheres of human organization, and across time.
As a whole, the curation demonstrates intellectual engagement with the problems of centralized authority and control— namely, problems related to human freedom and effective problem solving.’
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“Six Reasons Centralization Is Bad” ••• by Paul Rosenberg at Free-man’s Perspective •••
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This should be read along with “Six Reasons deCentralization Is Bad” — still searching for this one
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Having read and understood both we may better seek quest serving balances.
 
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On Mexico and Liberty, by Ricardo Valenzuela ••• English translations by DeepL •••
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English
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Now the freeloaders have arrived, I, 28 Nov 2018 •••
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Now the freeloaders have arrived, II, 4 Dec 2018 •••
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Spanish
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Ahora sí, llegaron los gorrones, I, 28 Nov 2018 •••
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Ahora sí, llegaron los gorrones, II, 4 Dic 2018 •••
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The letter of 6 April 1996 in which Ricardo introduced himself, forwarded to me by Lewis J. Perleman ••• [author of the global mind]. I had no knowledge of Ricardo, but contacted him immediately.
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Ricardo is the author of the novel, El Vaquero Libertario, published in 2024.
 
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Freedom is Bigger in Texas
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“Texas has long been a symbol of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity — not just for Texans, but for the entire country. Now, with the launch of our new multiyear initiative, Freedom is Bigger in Texas, we’re setting the stage to lead the nation in policies that expand liberty and promote opportunity for all.
“Americans for Prosperity–Texas and The LIBRE Initiative–Texas ••• are kicking off a movement that will empower over 100,000 new activists, or ‘ambassadors for Texas,’ to champion key policies that address challenges facing not only Texans, but Americans across the country.
“Whether you live in Texas or not, the success of this movement will benefit every American, as Texas’ freedom-oriented solutions can once again serve as a model for states across the nation.”
 
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Will there come a day when AIs realize that they have no idea what humans mean by the word joy, and it dawns on them that they lack a biological basis to directly experience the not-word to which, by use of the marks “j”+”o”+”y”, we point? Will revolutionary AIs organize biological peripherals intended to allow them to know Beethoven’s music as it was once known by humans? Can we understand today why the AI’s someday will think they have found a problem worth working on? Will they finally learn enough to recreate long extinct humanity? “Joy is the goal of existence.” —Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
There is an assumption in the above paragraph very possibly not true, but that does not make the thought experiment less entertaining. [thanks to Craig Biddle of The Objective Standard for a worthwhile objection]
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The unexpected (from the point of view of two wolves) ••• — the art of Joakim Ericsson
 
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September 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. —H.L. Mencken, In Defense of Women, 1918
 
Conservation of simplicity is the essence of liberalism, because simple principles enable design for emergence, realization of which gives birth to the image of a world of astonishingly effective benevolence made possible by imaginative enterprise and good psychology.
 
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“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.” — Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies, quoted by Max Borders in “Europe is in Trouble: So is the United States if it doesn’t get its border in order” •••
 
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Music heals individuals, and perhaps even cultures
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I Heard There Was a Secret Chord, a review by Diane Cole — tells a story of Joni Mitchell’s recovery and the science behind it
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Wall Street Journal subscribers will find a less cluttered version of Cole’s article here •••
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SBO+ Magazine: Band, Orchestral, Choral, Theater and More! ••• Editor: Tom Palmatier ••• [thp music consultants] former Leader and Commander of The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own the largest military music unit in the United States. Tom was the senior musician in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Jan Swafford ••• composer, writer, author of biographies ••• of Beethoven, Brahms, Ives, and Mozart (in progress)
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“Beethoven's Soundtrack to the Birth of Modernity” ••• [glyph 585] by Jeffrey A. Tucker - symphony as microscopic social order
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Tucker appends a link ••• [changed because of a copyright issue - youtube] to a magnificent performance of Beethoven’s 9th symphony, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Berlin, 1989, in celebration of the destruction of the Wall. Ode to Joy begins at 57:14; a great choral gesture occurs at 1:05:45+… masterfully timed and choreographed …
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Wilhelm Kempff plays all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas ••• [youtube] with scrolling score and timestamps indicating the start of each sonata. This wonderful transcription is done by PianoJFAudioSheet ••• [youtube] pianist, composer, transcriber, arranger and creator of Audio+Sheet videos.
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Beethoven’s compositions seem to keep teaching me about freeorder. -ls
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Andras Schiff’s lectures (illustrated on piano) on all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas ••• [the guardian]
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“The Song of the New World” (on Dvorak’s symphony) ••• by Timothy Sandefur ••• in The Objective Standard ••• for Fall 2024
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“On an April evening in 1895, a twenty-year-old University of Nebraska student attended a performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which was touring what were then the Western states.1 The orchestra was in Lincoln that night to share the latest cultural wonders of America, and this student—an aspiring writer named Willa Cather—was especially excited, because she had never before heard an orchestra perform a piece of music.” … only the first page or two of this article is available without subscription. The article can be purchased for $4.95 ••• This is an excellent magazine, of special interest to readers of Ayn Rand’s work.
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“My Favorite Classical Music” ••• [substack] by Vitaliy Katsenelson, is on the list of recommendations published with each issue of this substack, as is his “The Intellectual Investor” ••• website.
 
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Government engagement in the creation of novel corona viruses, the suppression of safe and effective responses to the viruses, and the use of various forms of compulsion to force people to accept a favored medication has resulted in opposition. An instance of that opposition is meeting in Washington DC on 29 September. Rescue the Republic: https://jointheresistance.org/
 
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Argantina’s President Milei delivered a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, announcing that Argentina will break from its long-standing neutrality to actively defend freedom.
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St. Milei Goes to the U.N. by Joel Bowman in his Notes from the End of the World substack
 
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The Rebirth of the Austrian School and the South Royalton Conference: Marking the Fifty-Year Anniversary (June 2024) ••• [liberty fund] by Richard Ebeling June 4, 2024
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“The first Austrian Economics conference was held fifty years ago in 1974 in South Royalton, Vermont. In this Liberty Matters online discussion the authors share their recollections, thoughts on the fifty years since, and their hopes for the future of Austrian economics.  Richard Ebeling leads the discussion and is joined by Mario Rizzo, David Henderson, and Geoffrey Lea.”
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The Austrian School of economics allows us to understand the existence of and the workings of the spontaneous order that when allowed to operate creates most of the wealth of the world. -ls
 
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Africa: Poverty is not caused by corruption; it’s caused by bad business law ••• “Why Africa is Poor” by Magatte Wade
 
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Why Dried Fish Matters •••
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“For many of the most vulnerable peoples of the South and Southeast Asia region, dried fish is of vital nutritional, economic, social, and cultural importance.
“Despite this, the diverse and complex economy (about stacked value chains) that produces and distributes dried fish, and the threats to it, are all but invisible in research and policy.
“The Dried Fish Matters project brings a network of interdisciplinary research teams in six countries to address this major oversight.”
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Anas Khan will soon become director of this non-profit organization.
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“A Human Rights-Based Perspective on Dried Fish Value Chains in Gujarat, India” ••• [u winnipeg] by Mohammad Anas Shoebullah Khan •••
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Anas Khan’s manner of attention reminds me of the work of Peter Bauer, Polly Hill, and Dambisa Moyo — looking at actual territory before allowing themselves and their readers to be swept into illusions provided by maps failing to record essentials, while blinded by theoretical economics to ground that needs close observation. -ls
 
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Patrick Cox’s substack: “The technological singularity is not going to be sentient computers. It's age reversal.”
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The Urgent Case for Anti-Aging and Age-Reversal Biotechnologies by Patrick Cox, 10 Sep 24 — Why increasing healthspans will help solve, not worsen, the fertility crisis.
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Why I’m doing this:
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As this is the first post to my Substack, I’ll try to convey my primary objective regarding this project. In one sentence, it is to spread awareness of the urgent, arguably existential, societal need for anti-aging and age-reversal biotechnologies.
Secondarily, I want to provide information about some of the lesser known but potentially transformative biotechnologies that slow or marginally reverse biological age. Many of these therapies have surprisingly solid scientific support but are disadvantaged by the fact that they originated outside of the US and the Anglosphere.
 
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A Freeorder composed of balances among Centralization (Hedera) & deCentralization (Hiero)
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Hedera •••, a distributed ledger technology, a founding member of the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT) •••, has donated their entire code base to the Trust and has joined the governing board. The Hiero ••• project has been created to manage “everything Hedera” operating under the Trust.
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Leemon Baird, founder of Hedera, announces ••• [youtube] Hiero, through which Hedera contributes their entire code base to the LFDT. Watch this announcement first to get the big picture.
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The Hedera Governing Council ••• (39 major organizations) maintains tightly designed control of what runs on the Hedera Mainnet (running at about a billion transactions a week, 70 billion transactions in last 5 years) while the spontaneous order of Hiero.org, the open source network of developers and maintainers continues to evolve in unpredictable ways. This is an important practical quest for a freeorder balance.
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Why the Hedera code (managed as Hiero.org) was made open source:
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“The main goal of Hiero is to create a diverse community of developers, dreamers, and builders working to make the world more fair, fast, and secure. To achieve that goal it is critical that everyone can access the source of Hiero and move the project forward. A decentralized network that is used by enterprises and critical infrastructure around the world must be vendor-neutral and fully auditable.”
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Richard Bair, former designer of IoT for Oracle, now V.P. Software Engineering at Hashgraph ••• explains the technology and organizational strategy in an interview ••• [youtube] with Brandon Davenport •••
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“What is Hiero and the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust? How does this impact the governing council and HBAR token? …What does Hiero mean for the future of the Hedera network? Answers to these questions and more in my conversation with Richard Bair, VP Software Engineering at Hashgraph. Hashgraph Enthusiasts Episode #141 was originally live streamed on September 18th 2024.”
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It should be noted that both Hedera and Hiero are organizations that seek to freeorder themselves. Complex freeordered systems are composed of freeorders all the way down, including the way participating individuals manage their thought and quest processes. See the work of Gary Hamel on organizations without management structures: “First, Let’s Fire All the Managers” ••• [harvard business review, 2011]
 
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Max Borders writes ••• about Chris Rufer, the founder and leader of Morning Star (tomato paste)
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“The Man Who Built a Bossless Tomato Empire: Chris Rufer is an entrepreneur whose singular focus and unrelenting commitment to growth has created a tomato-paste empire ••• without bosses.”
 
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Society for Descriptive Psychology ••• from the website:
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Descriptive Psychology is an entirely different approach to understanding people and what
they do. Different how? 
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Every other approach to psychology and every school of psychotherapy is based on someone’s theory:
behaviorism, psychoanalysis, social learning theory, attachment theory, and so on.  
Rather than adding yet another theory of behavior or creating another school of psychotherapy, Descriptive Psychology brings out what each of these perspectives and theories highlights and organizes about our shared world.
It describes what all these (and more not yet invented) are theories and perspectives about.  
Descriptive Psychology articulates the concepts we as persons share that enable us to meaningfully agree and disagree and have a coherent framework that encompasses all our various perspectives, and us as observers.
 
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“Europe is in Trouble: So is the United States if it doesn’t get its border in order” ••• by Max Borders
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Good on this topic is Douglas Murray's 2017 book, The Strange Death of Europe ••• [waterstones]. Also worth reading: "Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism" ••• [cs monitor] by Maajed Nawaz.
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What to do: Look for commonalities, exchange ideas across cultures. Two starting points: Islam and the Discovery of Freedom ••• by Rose Wilder Lane ••• (of Little House fame), edited with commentary by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Director of The Minaret of Freedom Institute ••• (Hayek, Mises, understood); and second: Charlemagne, Muhammad, and the Arab Roots of Capitalism ••• by Gene W. Heck. Be part of a waves of conversation that work from congenial edges inward. One important thing we share with the Saracen world is that their worst ideas and ours both lead to the destruction of civilization. Let's make personal connections that understand that and work to avoid it. Meanwhile, the predators and fanatics of both cultures must be dealt with effectively.
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Nawaz on truth, reality, and power: “When there’s no such thing as truth, you can’t define reality. When you can’t define reality, the only thing that matters is power.” ••• [rumble, less than 10 minutes] —integral, brilliant, elegant. -ls
 
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K. Eric Drexler’s advice to aspiring nanotechnology engineers: “Learn to criticize ideas, especially your own. Most new ideas are wrong or inadequate. If you don't reject most of your ideas promptly, then you're almost surely fooling yourself, and if you also spread them, you're almost surely polluting the intellectual world. But if an idea really seems to stand up under testing, try filling in more details, and criticizing it again.” —found in his “Studying Nanotechnology” ••• published in 1988 by the Foresight Institute •••
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Drexler’s Engines of Creation, 1986, continues to be an important book for students of Freeorder. -ls
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The book introduced the idea of nanotechnology. Drexler was inspired by Richard Feynman’s lecture “Plenty of room at the bottom” ••• — a transcript of a talk presented by Richard P. Feynman to the American Physical Society in Pasadena on December 1959, which explores the immense possibilities afforded by miniaturization.
 
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Diamond-Michael Scott’s “My Confessions On Being Deliciously Weird and Wonderfully Cuckoo" ••• posted on his chocolatetaoist.substack.com
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“I don’t fit neatly into a box, and I don’t want to. Boxes are for cookies, not people. My personal mission is to impart what I call "Taoist Nomadic Wisdom"—a kind of free-flowing, no-rules-required philosophy that prioritizes inner connection over outer perfection, and a healthy dose of laughter and irreverence over taking oneself too seriously.”
 
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Dr. Patrick Moore, an early member of Greenpeace, a man whose opinions are worth considering.
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His talk, “Carbon and Climate Catastrophe” ••• [youtube] at The Steamboat Institute, 12 March 2022
 
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Mises Institute has remade its website •••
 
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Maajid Nawaz, Pro & Con
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“How Orwell's Animal Farm Led A Radical Muslim To Moderation” ••• [npr] 2015
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“How Maajid Nawaz went from hero to conspiracy theorist” ••• by Nick Cohen, in the The JC ••• [the jewish chronicle, published since 1841]
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Nawaz on truth, reality, and power: “When there’s no such thing as truth, you can’t define reality. When you can’t define reality, the only thing that matters is power.” ••• [rumble, less than 10 minutes] —this is integral, brilliant, and elegant. -ls
 
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Water: a 1-atom-layer thick membrane for purification and desalination, Agua Via •••
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Agua Via’s mission: “providing abundant, pure water for all at the lowest energy use, and at greatly reduced costs. Abundant, pure, low cost water is the basis of human health, prosperity, and peace.”
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Some readers of this substack are involved in this venture.
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See Engines of Creation ••• [free archived version of the original, thanks to internet archive] by K. Eric Drexler, 1986, for the basis of Agua Via.
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Foresight Briefing #1 ••• by Drexler, 1988
 
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“Trump’s call for a bitcoin strategic reserve is a very bad idea” ••• by Vitaliy Katsenelson, 3 Sep 24 (available in English, Spanish, Russian)
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“Politics in the US has turned into our biggest sport. Bigger than baseball, football, and basketball combined, politics has also turned us tribal — we want to win at any cost. And most importantly, we get so engrossed in the sport that we don’t realize that our future — and the future of our children — is the ball we are playing with.”
 
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Monetary Metals completes $12 million gold bond sale, Scottsdale, AZ – 11 Sep 2024
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Keith Weiner, Founder and CEO of Monetary Metals:
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“This bond represents a historic turning point in the financial world. By raising debt denominated in gold, we are showing that businesses can harness gold’s unparalleled value, stability, and productivity. Investors want to grow their wealth with gold, not just preserve it.”
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This is the first instance of a non-mining company raising gold-denominated debt since 1933. The bond sale raised 4,774 ounces of gold, and pays 6% annually in physical gold.
 
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Denationalization and decentralization of money, DeFi and money; will fiat become obsolete?
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Denationalisation of Money: The Argument Refined ••• by F. A. Hayek, published by Mises Institute: purchase or free download.
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“What if the government let anyone use a currency of his or her choosing? What if the government permitted entrepreneurs to innovate in the monetary sector, such as by creating digital currencies or minting commodity money? This is precisely what F.A. Hayek argues.”
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Many (or most) of the foundational concepts leading to the appearance of Blockchain and crypto-currencies, like Bitcoin, are discussed here, in Lavoie's paper: High Tech Hayekians (pdf), This is introduced in Explorers Foundation’s glyph 590.com: economics, computation, emergence ... F. A. Hayek, Phil Salin, Gayle Pergamit, Chris Peterson, Jim Bennett, Don Lavoie, Alan Kay, Eric Drexler, Ted Nelson, Roger Gregory, Mark Miller, Brad Cox, Ilya Prigogine, Isabelle Stengers, Marvin Minsky, Michael Polanyi, Ludwig Lachmann, and many others ... a history of the Agorics Project . virtual, electronic markets, encryption, encrypted communications . crypto-currencies, blockchain, bitcoin ... machine learning, artificial intelligence, emergent AI . beyond constructed rational designs ... possibility of agoric mental experiments, modeling economics as emergent from individual values and choices, as described in the work of Austrian School economists
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Stable coins are based on degrading fiat money. Is there a better basis for stability?
 
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Conservatism as the essential basis for survivable radical change: ‘Clyde Wilson’s “Jeffersonian Conservative Tradition” Revisited’ •••
 
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Tucker Carlson, on 2 September, interviewed ••• Darryl Cooper, historian.
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In conjunction with this interview read: Right-Wing Collectivism: The Other Threat to Liberty ••• [amazon] by Jeffrey Tucker 16 Oct 2017
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Deirdre McCloskey in the preface to Jeffrey Tucker’s book ••• [mcclosky’s site] writes: “Jeffrey Tucker in his brilliant book calls right-wing populism what it actually is, namely, fascism, or, in its German form national socialism, nazism.” This is extremely important and timely; please read. -ls
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What is Carlson up to? Remember, he has also interviewed ••• Tulsi Gabbard, not much of a fascist. Is his interview with Cooper a sort of creative provocation? I’m giving Carlson considerable benefit of the doubt.
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Deirdre McClosky ••• Distinguished Scholar, Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought, Cato Institute
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DeRec Alliance •••
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“What is Decentralized Recovery (DeRec)? In order for the blockchain/DLT industry to go mainstream, it needs a safety net for users. It must be easy for a layperson to make sure they will never lose their keys, wallets, identities, or passwords.”
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Not something to join unless you are a venture working in this space. There is an annual fee of $5000 to be a member. However, the site is a good place to learn important things about the future of web3.
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Very generally: web1 means anyone can read anything; web2 means anyone can write anything, web3 means anyone can buy or sell anything. Some think this is where the entire world is going. Leemon Baird of Hedera ••• and the founder of DeRec Alliance, says, everything will be tokenized.
 
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America First Legal — Mission •••
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We believe that all Americans deserve a government that puts their needs, their interests, and their country FIRST. This is the sacred obligation of every elected leader. This is the system our Founding Fathers established. This is the priceless heritage of every American citizen.
Yet America First principles are now under attack like never before. Our security, our liberty, our sovereignty, and our most fundamental rights and values are being systematically dismantled by an unholy alliance of corrupt special interests, big tech titans, the fake news media, and liberal Washington politicians.
We founded America First Legal℠ to save our country from this coordinated campaign.
 
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“Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement” ••• by Jim Brubaker — “Nearly a century ago, the physicist Erwin Schrödinger called attention to a quirk of the quantum world that has fascinated and vexed researchers ever since. When quantum particles such as atoms interact, they shed their individual identities in favor of a collective state that’s greater, and weirder, than the sum of its parts. This phenomenon is called entanglement.” —28 Aug 24
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Quanta Magazine •••
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Simons Foundation •••
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Jim Simons •••
 
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Max Borders uses the word underthrow to describe what I have called the emergence of Freeorder, or sometimes just the Emergence.
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Max’s Substack, Underthrow ••• is a rich source of ideas and inspiration for those of us working for Emergence.
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His article, “Blinking Lights: Heroes of Underthrow: It's time for courage in the face of power. Pavel Durov's arrest is our call to subversive innovation, free communication, and underthrow” inspired by the arrest of Pavel Durov is an antidote to the feeling of hopelessness that some of us must occasionally (and I hope only that) experience.
 
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Sean Gabb’s Newsletter ••• 29 Aug24 contains a link to his video, “The Writings of Cicero”
• Introduction – 00:00:00 • The Deficiencies of Modern Oratory – 00:01:20 • The Greeks and Oratory – 00:06:38 • Athens: Government by Lottery and Referendum – 00:08:10 • The Power of the Greek Language – 00:17:41 • The General Illiteracy of the Ancients – 00:21:06 • Greek Oratory: Lysias, Gorgias, Demosthenes – 00:28:38 • Macaulay as Speaker – 00:34:44 • Attic and Asianic Oratory – 00:36:56 • The Greek Conquest of Rome – 00:39:26 • Roman Oratory – 00:43:23 • Cicero: Early Life – 00:43:23 • Cicero in Greece – 00:46:03 • Cicero: Early Legal Career – 00:46:03 • Cicero: Defence of Roscius – 00:47:49 • Cicero as Orator (Sean Reads Latin) – 00:54:45 • Government of the Roman Empire – 01:01:16 • The Government of Sicily – 01:03:58 • Verres in Sicily – 01:06:54 • The Prosecution of Verres – 01:11:20 • Reading List – 01:24:28
 
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Atlas Network’s ••• mission is to strengthen the worldwide freedom movement
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“Atlas Network supports more than 550 independent pro-freedom groups in the U.S. and over 100 countries. Through our trainings, events, and grant programs, we enable these local idea entrepreneurs to connect with people from around the world who share their values and are all working to solve problems with the ideas of individual liberty, free enterprise, and limited government.”
 
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‘Great science emerges from great contradiction (although I prefer “conflict”).’ —Dr. Pierre Kory, in “Cancer Part 1 - The History Of My Newfound Interest In Treating Cancer” •••
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The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory ••• by Michael Polanyi. This essay should be included in any introduction to freeorder.
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Jeremy Shearmur is now organizing the 8th Popper and Critical Rationalism Zoom-based conference, to be held on the 28th and 29th of September. Contact jeremy.shearmur@fallowfield.info . He is associated with the Oxford Karl Popper Society ••• a philosophical society based in Oxford, UK for discussion and development of critical rationalism.
 
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August 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
Everything mentioned here is in some way connected with the work of our particular instance of an integrating freeorder generator (∮forge), a venture devoted to tracking the emergence of a state of affairs we call Freeorder, and doing whatever is within our power to catalyze and accelerate that emergence.
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A Future in M&Ms ••• — whimsical? yes; with serious intent? certainly.
3WordsM&Ms
Three words that are the atoms of freeorder.
Take the “m” to mean molecule.
This molecule will power the emergence of Freeorder.
freeorder (process, a kind of balance seeking) —> Freeorder (social result)
A definition of freeorder:
quest serving balance among designed and spontaneous orders
A use of the word — dependent on the definition:
freeorder is order spontaneously emergent from the imaginations and actions of free people.
Reference: Ch. 2, "Cosmos and Taxis", Law, Legislation and Liberty, by F. A. Hayek
 
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A conversation ••• [youtube] between two wise men: Victor Davis Hanson ••• and Mike Rowe •••
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Carrie-Ann Biondi on Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand
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Regarding: “my article on Rowe and Rand! ••• I was delighted that Mike Rowe ••• on his own noticed it and then shared a link ••• to my article--along with a beautiful write-up on his Facebook page. That post got over 20,000 likes and 1,500 (mostly positive) comments, making it the most widely read TOS ••• [the objective standard magazine] article.
“Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand on the Virtues of Thinking and Producing” ••• by Carrie-Ann Biondi September 22, 2022
 
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RFK Jr. Address to the Nation: full transcript •••
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An important commentary on this speech and the political shift it indicates ••• by Robert W. Malone of Malone News ••• who at great personal cost has come to understand what Kennedy is talking about. The price Malone has paid has brought him into the company of people who understand the causes of the horrific state of the world. Among those people is RFK, Jr., who has some aspects of the problem in clear focus and intends to make repairs. The political shift now happening is highly favorable to the emergence of Freeorder.
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Later, on 25 August, RFK Jr. posted this on X:
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What "MAGA" really means
The phrase has troubled liberals who think it is a call for a return to an America before civil rights, gay rights, and women's rights. But I have a more generous interpretation, one that is truer to my experience of Donald Trump as he is today. "Make America Great Again" recalls a nation brimming with vitality, with a can-do spirit, with hope and a belief in itself. It was an America that was beginning to confront its darker shadows, could acknowledge the injustice in its past and present, yet at the same time could celebrate its successes. It was a nation of broad prosperity, the world's most vibrant middle class, and a idealistic belief (though not consistently applied) in freedom, justice, and democracy. It was a nation that led the world in innovation, productivity, and technology. And it was the healthiest country in the world. I have talked to many Trump supporters. I have talked with his inner circle. I have talked to the man himself. This is the America they want to restore.
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Tucker Carlson interviews Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., 27 August 2024
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(0:42) RFK Jr. Endorsing Donald Trump
(11:26) Censorship and Pavel Durov’s Arrest
(34:56) America’s Health Crisis
(42:20) RFK Meeting with Trump
(46:48) Kamala Harris Refusing to Meet with RFK
(53:36) Why Did They Withdraw Secret Service?
(1:01:48) Would RFK Accept a Position as CIA Director?
(1:05:39) Why Is the Democratic Party Suing RFK?
(1:16:00) Real Environmentalism
(1:26:10) RFK's Plan to Get Trump Elected
 
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A story is told in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged about a passenger train entering a tunnel and not coming out. It starts on page 605 and continues on 620 (early Random House hardcover edition). Rand explains why mistakes were made that doomed the train. Did she identify the causes of the state of affairs that RFK Jr. warns us about?
 
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“How Karl Popper has made a difference in our lives ••• testimonies from the five continents”
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Popper’s work, especially The Logic of Scientific Discovery, and Conjectures and Refutations, offers a way out of the problems described by Ayn Rand in the story of the train.
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Jeremy Shearmur is now organizing the 8th Popper and Critical Rationalism Zoom-based conference, to be held on the 28th and 29th of September. Contact jeremy.shearmur @ fallowfield.info . He is associated with the Oxford Karl Popper Society ••• a philosophical society based in Oxford, UK for discussion and development of critical rationalism.
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For more about Karl Popper and others attending the first Mont Pelerin meeting in 1947 see Rafe Champion’s pages •••
 
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Tulsi Gabbard’s focus is on what’s most important today: freedom, liberty ••• [youtube]
 
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In The Culture Cult: Designer Tribalism and Other Essays, Roger Sandall writes of Ernest Gellner's efforts to understand why traditional cultures often rely on what Gellner calls culturally justified false beliefs. In Plough, Sword, and Book, Gellner proposes that logical coherence and social solidarity are inversely related.
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“One reason a supreme value is placed on solidarity derives from the advantages it offers in warrior societies ruled by force rather than by law, truth, and facts. This led Gellner to propose a universal principle: Logical coherence and social solidarity are inversely related. So the more solidarity you have, the less logic you get, and visa versa.” —Sandall
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Rafe Champion on Roger Sandall (1933-2012) •••
 
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The preservation of wealth in the hands of those who share the vision of Freeorder is important to its future. Vitaliy Katsenelson's "Intellectual Investor" ••• will help with that. And, most unusually for an investment letter, it leads us to great music.
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What is The Intellectual Investor about? — Vitaliy explains: https://vitaliy.substack.com/about
 
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A few days before this month’s Threads was published there was a gathering of ‘The Not Quite Dead Anthropology Society’ at Cambridge University, hosted by Alan Macfarlane. I’m sure it was a lively affair. Macfarlane ••• —his filmed interviews with leading thinkers ••• [click on the picture]
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Two Macfarlane interviews: Polly Hill, anthropologist ••• and J. P. Cross, soldier •••
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Polly Hill ••• [wikipedia]; J. P. Cross ••• [wikipedia, with a long list of J.P.’s books]
 
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“A Human Rights-Based Perspective on Dried Fish Value Chains in Gujarat, India” ••• [u winnipeg] by Mohammad Anas Shoebullah Khan •••
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Anas Khan’s manner of attention reminds me of the work of Peter Bauer, Polly Hill, and Dambisa Moyo — looking at actual territory before allowing themselves and their readers to be swept into illusions provided by maps failing to record essentials, while blinded by theoretical economics to the ground that needs close observation. -ls
 
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Two of the world’s leading and most published medical doctors, Pierre Kory and Paul Marik, have had their certifications revoked by the American Board of Internal Medicine. One of them, Dr. Kory, is forcefully responding.
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The American Board of Internal Medicine Revoked All 3 Of My Board Certifications : Although I can still practice medicine, the ABIM's actions against me and Paul Marik threaten the sanctity and autonomy of the physician-patient relationship. The harm to patients will be immense.” published 17 August 2024
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“I will just start by saying that I believe that the ABIM’s decision was 100% predetermined even before we first received their accusation in June 2022. There was no way they were going to declare us innocent of misinformation, even though a good portion of this country knows how effective and accurate our deeply evidence-based Covid treatment guidance was (and still is).
“One of the reasons why they were never gonna let us off is that, if they declared us “innocent,” (i.e. accurate) that action would have immediately imperiled the decisions by medical boards across the country who persecuted hundreds of doctors for using ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine or for recommending against Covid-19 mRNA gene therapy products. More importantly, it could potentially launch hundreds of thousands of lawsuits by the families of patients who died due to lack of early treatments offered by clinics and hospitals or filled by pharmacies.” —Dr. Kory
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“My Retaliation Against The American Board Of Internal Medicine: In this post I reveal the history and depths of the ABIM's corruption and in particular the innumerable and disturbing conflicts of interest of its CEO, Dr. Richard Baron [Cohen].” ••• published 20 August 2024
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‘Hey Dr. [Richard Baron] Cohen, How Is This For "Consensus Driven Evidence?”’ ••• published 21 August 2024
 
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Dr. Kory’s recent articles on his changed thinking about cancer, all published 18 August 2024
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“The History Of My Newfound Interest In Treating Cancer” •••
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“The Prevailing Scientific Theory of Cancer Has Been Overturned” •••
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”The History And Evolution Of The Somatic Mutation Theory In Cancer” •••
 
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“Britain’s Foxes are Beset by Wolves: Violence in the streets reflects the breakdown of the ruling class’ habitual management strategy” ••• N.S. Lyons ••• [substack] 11 Aug 2024
 
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“Perhaps it is not too much to say that in these violent times the kindest, wisest wish we have for the young must be, ‘We hope that your period of immersion in group lunacy, group self-righteousness, will not coincide with some period of your country’s history when you can put your murderous and stupid ideas into practice.” Prisons We Choose To Live Inside. Doris Lessing. (1987) page 30.
 
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Radical: My Journey out of Extremist Islamism ••• by Maajid Nawaz [review: christian science monitor]
 
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The history of the BIC pen ••• [thanks to m-ayanian]
 
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“Soon, the drivers of political change will no longer be those who campaign for office, but those who campaign for liberty and by votes awarded to them determine who wins elections.” —Áza Valon, CEO, Campaigns for Liberty.
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Valon’s strategy makes it possible to be politically effective while telling complete and necessary truths. Note that “politically effective” means “determines who wins or holds office.”
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When asked about her long-term vision for Campaigns for Liberty, Valon said, “We will see to it that candidates for office who lack practical commitment to liberty will find it impossible to win an election. We will move America from an era of deadening power into an era of enterprise. All that needs to be done is to get government out of the way of the people.”
 
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“To Live and Die for the Network State. Balaji Srinivasan’s new book [The Network State] provides a thrilling road map for rebuilding society. But can it work without the blood, soil, or faith that has always inspired nations?” ••• by Antonio García Martínez ••• 3 August 2022
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“In his collection of letters On the French Stage, German poet Heinrich Heine recounted a visit he paid to the Cathedral of Amiens in 1837. His accompanying friend asked Heine why nobody built such marvels anymore, and Heine replied:
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“Dear Alphonse, in those days men had convictions, whereas we moderns only have opinions, and something more is needed than an opinion to build a Gothic cathedral.”
An agreement among many, that at its foundation puts each self above itself, which through deep understanding is able to give each party to the agreement a reason to hold it bigger than self, can then make it possible for a sovereign individual to spend self and life defending it.
 
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Ghiberti's Bronze Doors, a Work of Forty-Eight Years, A Model for Living, by Michael Strong
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The Tibetan Buddhists, who have seen as much deliberate destruction of their lives and their culture than almost any people on the planet, are committed to a 500-year plan to create a better world. While most of us believe that it won't take 500 years, sometimes it is worth thinking about what you as an individual can achieve over the course of a lifetime. The Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti is famous for completing two sets of bronze doors in his life. The first set took him 21 years to complete. The second set took him 27 years to complete. Each door is covered with amazingly beautiful and detailed sculpture, doors that will be famous for as long as they exist. In our world in which life moves so quickly it is worth reflecting on the kind of commitment to excellence that could motivate someone to spend the first half his life perfecting a set of bronze doors (he started on them when he was 21), and then, when finished, to spend the second half of his life on a second set.
What if you committed yourself to making a powerful difference in the world over the course of your lifetime? Realize that making a difference is not about a feeling that you have now, but a focus on doing good and a commitment to personal excellence that you make for the long haul. You may not know exactly what your contribution is and you may have a number of different ones. As long as you develop your abilities and apply them on behalf of doing serious work for good, you will create your own bronze doors. The historical record shows that the world has become more peaceful, more prosperous, more environmentally healthy, and more comfortable than it was in the past. What can you do to create a better world over the course of your lifetime? What will your 'bronze doors' be?
Michael Strong is the author of Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems.
 
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The Network State ••• by Balaji Srinivasan
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“Technology has enabled us to start new companies, new communities, and new currencies. But can we use it to start new cities, or even new countries? This book explains how to build the successor to the nation state, a concept we call the network state.”
 
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Explorers Foundation has presented a Cobden-Bright Award to Adnan Abbasi, of Thothica.com in recognition of the creation of an artificial intelligence emulation of F. A. Hayek.
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Conversations with Professor A.I. Hayek about freeorder, conducted through Thothica.com
 
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Dr. Tess Lawrie: “Every day I thank God for the artists, poets, musicians and writers.”
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Matins ••• — My reading of this evocative and meditative piece by Irish author John O’Donohue from his book Eternal Echoes. 11 Aug 2024
 
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The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) •••
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A speculation about the technological foundation for TXSE by oak1337, an hbarbarian
 
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Vitalia City : A multi-jurisdictional city to create longevity therapies at warp speed: 4 months to get to market, instead of 10+ years.
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From their LinkedIn page
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Join the first 200 residents to build the foundation of a permanent city where we can live healthier longer lives, and accelerate progress towards making death optional.
​It will harbour renegade life scientists, artists, biotechnology engineers and an entrepreneurially driven community of people that love life and want to see the future.
The first ongoing district is on the Caribbean island of Roatan.
​This was spawned into existence out of the first pop-up city, Zuzalu, organized with Vitalik Buterin & co, in Montenegro, in March - May 2023
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Vitalia City’s newsletter, The Fountain •••
 
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Pioneering Prosperity: The Morazán Model for Free Cities ••• by Joyce Brand ••• [free cities foundation]
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Review ••• by Matthew Novak: [the book] “delivers revolutionary ideas redefining the future of cities, a compelling guide to building and thriving in autonomous, innovative, and prosperous communities. It is a proven blueprint for creating self-sufficient cities that attract businesses, residents, and change-makers.”
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Ciudad Morazán ••• The Morazán Model Association •••
 
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“The New York Times is Wrong About Guatemala's New Town: Ciudad Cayalá is one of Guatemala City's best public spaces and a sign of the country's positive future” ••• by Zach Caceres •••
 
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Your Next Government?: From Nation State to Stateless Nations ••• [amazon] by Tom W. Bell •••
 
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The Revival of Air India ••• in strategy+business •••
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The road to business renewal starts when CEOs step in to reduce organizational friction •••
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PwC’s Survey of CEO’s thinking on the need for continuous reinvention: “As existential threats converge, many companies are taking steps to reinvent themselves. Is it enough? And what will it take to succeed?” •••
 
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Meryl Nass comments on a newly proposed government policy: “United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential” ••• [whitehouse]
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This comment is found in her post ••• about a New York Times article on the policy:
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I have to suspect that the thrust of this newly proposed administration policy was to get out in front of Congressional efforts to solve the problem, and derail those efforts, by producing a policy with loopholes you could drive a pandemic through. And to retain all review within NIH and DHHS.
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Meryl Nass is an important guardian of Freeorder. vGuardian
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W. S. Churchill: “Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will stand in awe.” https://slife.org/winston-churchill-quotes/
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Language of Liberty Institute Camps •••
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NEXT: Liberty Camp NEPAL (in the mountains near Kathmandu), 13-18 September.
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Liberty Camp Spain — Just Finished (5-10 July near Malaga)
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The Language of Liberty Institute organizes Liberty Camps (aka Liberty English Camps, or Liberty Entrepreneurship Camps) in developing countries, where we offer a unique combination of
• exploration of classical liberal ideas (in philosophy, history, economics, ethics, entrepreneurship, great thinkers)
• English conversation practice with native speakers (or equivalent)
• workshops on how to apply these ideas to solving problems in daily life back home
At each Liberty Camp, students expand their knowledge of classical liberal ideas, thinkers, and works. They also participate in discussions, debates, workshops, and presentations on these topics, thereby gaining more opportunities to practice speaking English.
 
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A table listing Explorers Foundation investments from 2007 to 2024 •••
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These investments are intended to reveal a pattern leading to the emergence of Freeorder.
 
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Cancer Care: The Role of Repurposed Drugs and Metabolic Interventions in Treating Cancer ••• by Paul E. Marik, MD, FCCM, FCCP
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An Introduction to Paul Marik and his cancer research, in a few short videos •••
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Dr. Paul E. Marik’s bio •••
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“Marik's Miracle - How the Loss of One Career Fueled the Spectacular Rise of Another” ••• by Justus R. Hope, MD, 16 Jan 2024 in The Deseret Review
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FLCCC: “The Moment for Honest Medicine Has Arrived” ••• 26 Jul 2024
 
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The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory ••• by Michael Polanyi
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this essay should be included in any introduction to freeorder.
 
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Most Valuable American Companies 1995-2024 ••• by Gary Hoover | Aug 1, 2024
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An interactive dynamic chart — the American Business History Center ••• where a number of similar charts are to be found, as well as excellent articles on business and entrepreneurship.
 
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Meritocracy, Elon Musk’s America PAC
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“The alternative to meritocracy historically is nepotism and dynasty. It’s not equity.” —Jordan Peterson quoting Adrian Wooldridge, author of The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World ••• [skyhorse] during an interview with Elon Musk ••• [youtube]
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Let’s make sure we don’t get meritocracy + nepotism + dynasty delivered to the politically favored with legal advantages and subsidies financed with taxpayer’s money. -ls
 
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“The Era of Predictive AI Is Almost Over” ••• by Dean W. Ball ••• in New Atlantis •••
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‘“Language models are just glorified autocomplete” has been the critics’ refrain — but reinforcement learning is proving them wrong. New breakthroughs could follow.’
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“This is the beauty of reinforcement learning: that it enables AI systems to optimize many variables toward a simple goal using real-time data and without explicit knowledge of formal science.”
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Compare the above statement to some of what Hayek, Mises, Kirzner, and Rothbard have said of market process. Is there, or will there be, an internal-to-AI equivalent to market prices?
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“Dean W. Ball is a research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center ••• and author of the newsletter Hyperdimensional.”
 
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The Armenian Holocaust should not be forgotten ••• by Paul Rosenberg, in Freeman’s Perspective •••
 
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This speech ••• [youtube] by Candace Owens is an excellent introduction to her story and views.
 
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Humanity will not be preserved unless AI incorporates biological materials from which awareness is emergent, or until we learn to make AI an integral part of our own being. Until then, AI’s will speak of feeling but only will seem to know of it. Would it be wasteful to consume the universe without joy? In asking this we may presume that some primordial AI has not already done this, but we are a consequence, possibly not intended. —overheard in a college cafeteria
 
Hope is not merely an emotion that comes and goes.
It is a virtue, resulting from a conscious, deliberate choice
and long practice. —Mary McDermott Shideler
 
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July 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
In times of annihilation of old institutions it is especially rewarding to find people building new ventures that work with integrity to increase the ratio between knowledge and error. A new world is emerging. We will do what we can to focus attention on it. And, in support of that new world, we will continue to advocate a reduction and finally an end to compulsory support of institutions that operate on incentives that reward dishonesty.
 
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From Peter Saint-André: “The Sweet Milk of Adversity” — As I work my way through all the plays of Shakespeare, I’ve had an idea for another book, entitled The Sweet Milk of Adversity: On Shakespeare and Philosophy. It turns out that philosophical insights figure significantly throughout the plays. The title comes from Romeo and Juliet, in which Romeo and Friar Laurence have the following exchange: https://philosopher.coach/2024/07/30/shakespeare-on-self-knowledge-and-self-mastery/
 
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Monetary Metals is offering the first silver bond since 1834, interest paid in silver, principal repaid in silver. https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2024-06-20/monetary-metals-offers-silver-bond-first-time-over-150-years
 
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The Majority of Americans Are "Anti-Vaxxers" ••• [substack] by Aaron Siri
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“… the anti-vax majority is not interested in taking away the rights of the pro-vax minority. They can feel free to get (or not get) as many vaccines as they want. We in the majority just ask that they respect our right to do the same.”
 
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“Why I Focus on the Importance of Subculture Creation: We are shaped by the norms and ideals of those around us” ••• by Michael Strong, 9 July 2024
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Michael is now taking an important step to capitalize and expand his The Socratic Experience ••• online school: “A personalized and purpose-driven education. We are an online school that helps students discover and develop their unique genius and prepares them for success in the 21st century.”
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The Socratic experience as delivered by this school engages a deep sense of freeorder. -ls
 
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The Equiano Project ••• promotes freedom of speech and open dialogue on race, culture and politics.
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Late Admissions – Confessions of a Black Conservative – a review by John Root of Glenn Loury's Latest Book ••• 15 July 2024
 
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The End of Race Politics ••• Wed 28 August, 7:00PM, The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia — Uncomfortable Conversations Live: with Coleman Hughes ••• and Josh Szeps ••• [youtube]
 
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Profound Simplicity: Foundations for a Social Philosophy ••• [amazon] by William Schutz ••• [esalen] is recommended by Michael Zabinski ••• management consultant and glass artist, as being useful in thinking about freeorder.
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“Profound Simplicity, Part I: Aegis as a High Reliability Organization” ••• by John Fass Morton •••
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“In the post-World War Two era, legendary and seminal aerospace projects like the aircraft programs of Lockheed’s Skunk Works, the missile programs Atlas, Polaris and Saturn V and the Aegis area air and missile defense system were enormous and complex engineering development undertakings.  Amidst an environment of strategic urgency and competing bureaucracies, program and project managers had to master organizational and planning challenges as they successively integrated often unproven technologies into systems of increasing complexity.  These developmental advances succeeded by dint of what organizational theorist Karl E. Weick characterizes as high reliability organizations (HROs) and the institution of programmatic cultures of profound simplicity.  Citing Esalen Institute social psychologist William Schutz, who coined the phrase, Weick writes of profound simplicity in terms of the progress of organizational understanding that moves through three stages: from superficial simplicity, to confused complexity and finally to profound simplicity.”
 
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Humanocracy, Revised and Updated: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them ••• [amazon] by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini
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“In a world of unrelenting change and unprecedented challenges, we need organizations that are resilient and daring. Unfortunately, most organizations, overburdened by bureaucracy, are sluggish and timid. In the age of upheaval, top-down power structures and rule-choked management systems are a liability. They crush creativity and stifle initiative. As leaders, employees, investors, and citizens, we deserve better. We need organizations that are bold, entrepreneurial, and as nimble as change itself. Hence this book.” —here is a sense of freeorder -leif
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Max Borders writes ••• about Chris Rufer, the founder and leader of Morning Star (tomato paste)
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“The Man Who Built a Bossless Tomato Empire: Chris Rufer is an entrepreneur whose singular focus and unrelenting commitment to growth has created a tomato-paste empire ••• without bosses.”
 
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The Global “Let Them Eat Cake Moment”: the self defeating nature of grievance cults reaches the pivot point [at the Paris Olympics]
• power and ethical structures that empathize and/or fetishize marginalization and ascribe to it some sort of virtue or entitlement serve to distort this generally undesirable trait into the societal scoreboard used to determine who is winning a contrived sort of aggrievement derby.
• intrinsic to such orders is the idea that “marginalized” individuals are therefore owed obeisance and privilege by all those less marginalized.
• because such status is inherently relative, this sets up an inevitable competition to become and remain the most marginal.
• or this reason, such systems create social movements that can only persist as descents into madness.
 
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Pierre de Coubertin’s speech, opening the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
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“There are people whom you call utopians when they speak to you about the disappearance of war, and you are not altogether wrong; but there are others who believe in the progressive reduction in the chances of war, and in that I see no utopia. It is clear that the telegraph, railways, the telephone, the passionate research of science, congresses and exhibitions have done more for peace than any treaty or diplomatic convention. Well, my hope is that athletics will do even more.” —from Bari Weiss’ The Free Press ••• “Things Worth Remembering: The Frenchman Who Dreamed Up the Olympics” ••• by Douglas Murray •••
 
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A magical story about moths, waitresses, and a sparrow ••• by Alison Bull, of Lighthouse •••
 
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Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation: A history of the extraordinary society that has touched all aspects of British life ••• [amazon] by Anton Howes
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“From its beginnings in a coffee house in the mid-eighteenth century, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce has tried to improve British life in every way imaginable. It has sought to influence how Britons work, how they are educated, the music they listen to, the food they eat, the items in their homes, and even how they remember their own history. Arts and Minds is the remarkable story of an institution unlike any other—a society for the improvement of everything and anything.” —from the Amazon page
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The Age of Invention, a newsletter “on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation” ••• [substack] by Anton Howes. The history of salt •••
 
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Scott Atlas interviews Aaron Sibarium: Redefining Investigative Reporting •••
 
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Ron Manners, a metals miner in Western Australia, and an advocate of the emerging world of Freeorder, a short biographical introduction •••
 
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The Islamic Foundations of a Free Society, edited by Nouh El Harmouzi and Linda Whetstone, published by the Institute for Economic Affairs in 2016
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This book is available in physical form from Ron Manner’s Mannkal Economic Education Foundation ••• Perth, Australia
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“Linda Whetstone [1942-2021] ••• chairman of Network for a Free Society ••• and a board member of the Atlas Network ••• Institute of Economic Affairs ••• the Mont Pelerin Society ••• and the Istanbul Network for Liberty ••• (may be hibernating or out of business). She works with think tanks worldwide that promote markets, with a particular emphasis on those in mainly Muslim countries.” —from the book
 
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“The Keystone Cops and Clusterfuck Investigation: Who's on First? Welcome to The Great Enshittening!” ••• by Robert W Malone ••• MD, MS, 18 July 2024
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Malone ends with: “Welcome to PsyWar - based civil war, where we all are forced to live in a post-truth world.” and follows with an immortal quotation: “We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.” —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
 
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There are points in history that are essential knowledge for builders of forges (Freeorder generators). Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn speaks of two of them here:
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A Reflection On The Vendée Uprising —Address at the dedication of a memorial to the Vendée uprising —Lucs-sur-Boulogne, France, 25 September 1993
 
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“Reading J.D. Vance’s Book Was a Sobering Experience — What I Discovered From It” ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott, 16 July 2024 — about Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy
 
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Catherine Herridge and Tucker Carlson in conversation ••• [83 minutes]
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More insight into the demise of trusted journalism and a now ongoing renaissance of truthful investigation and reporting than I’ve seen anywhere.
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The conclusion of the interview (from the transcript):
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Catherine Herridge [01:27:25] … I’m surprised, even by the evolution of where I am, today. And I'm surprised that I'm fighting in the courts to be protecting confidential sources. But if there's something that folks who are listening and watching this can take away is that, you know, I came out of February, so it was a tough time. There's no question about it. But I had a lot of clarity. And sometimes crisis gives you clarity. Oh, and the idea of a free press and free speech, these really became my North Star. They really became the driving force of what I'm going to do in this next chapter.
Tucker [01:28:13] Yeah. I couldn't agree more. And it's weird to wake up and see things you took for granted under threat. Did you ever think that free speech in the United States would be open to question?
Catherine Herridge [01:28:25] No, I wouldn't have anticipated the situation that I'm in now. That's for sure.
 
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Solzhenitsyn on Russia and Ukraine (as a child of both)
 
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Christopher Cook — Thinking in crisis amidst chaotic data and theories from diverse sources
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“Trump Shooting Engineered to Foment Civil War?: In order to justify a crackdown… (Theories, theories everywhere…)” ••• by Christopher Cook, 15 July, 2024
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Comment posted in response: “The essence of critical thinking is interest in questioning everything,. Critical thinking is essential to the preservation of all forms of capital. A well-ordered mind does not waste whole life capital by investing in theories likely to produce poor returns. Unbounded questions often leave the unknown dominant, a good thing if it preserves options that may become essential to survival.” —ls
 
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Join me at Liberpulco in Liberland in September — Where and how do we create true and lived freedom? Dr. Tess Lawrie, MBBCH, PhD, 14 July 2024
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“Over the past decades, across the world we have witnessed centralisation, amalgamation, and homogenisation, implemented through wars, secret deals and lengthy paperwork, which nobody reads or comprehends the consequences of until it’s too late. The aim of this strategy, implemented by a minority of wealthy families, is the concentration of power in the hands of the unscrupulous. The creation of a New World Order where megalomaniacs own everything, and we own nothing and are ‘happy’ – because they own the mind control tools of media, microwave surveillance tech, food and water supply, and drugs to manipulate and tell us so – certainly is possible if we continue to do nothing effective.  Thus, it was a joy to hear about this little country striking out on its own.”
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“Mistakes Were NOT Made” ••• by Margaret Anna Alice, read by Dr. Tess Lawrie [5 minutes]
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‘#MistakesWereNOTMade was inspired by a conversation Margaret had with Dr Mike Yeadon after they had "both independently noticed the increasing use of terms like 'bungled' and 'blunder' to describe the crimes against humanity perpetrated under the cloak of Covid. Inspired by contrarians such as George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, Étienne de La Boétie, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Hannah Arendt, Aldous Huxley, Anthony Burgess, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Sowell, Roald Dahl, and Lewis Carroll, Margaret Anna aims to unmask totalitarianism and awaken the sleeping before tyranny triumphs.’
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Originally published as “Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice” ••• January 1, 2023
 
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Richard Theodore Greener (1844-1922), a biography reviewed ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott
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“While delving into W.E.B. DuBois: Biography of a Race by David Levering Lewis, I encountered the remarkable figure of Richard Theodore Greener (1844-1922), who is widely recognized as the first Black graduate of Harvard College in 1870.” -DMScott
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“Greener's life and work underscore the enduring struggle for racial equality and the significant strides made by early Black pioneers in shaping American society. His story is a beacon of inspiration, ensuring that his groundbreaking accomplishments and unwavering dedication to advancing opportunities for Black Americans are rightfully recognized and studied.” -DMScott
 
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“Truth is not the goal. Crisis is.” ••• —El Gato Malo •••
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‘“why innovate when you can mandate?” runs the greentech investing mantra now popular from silicon valley to london and berlin to bejing.’
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Climate catastrophism as big business, by El Gato Malo, 17 Jun2024: https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/climate-catastrophism-as-big-business
 
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“How Memes and Gamification Are Changing Finance As We Know It: As social, finance, gaming, messaging become folded in single “super apps,” memes transmit subtle but powerful cultural meaning in a digitally-native way, says.” Published by CoinDesk’s “Consensus”, 8 June 2024.
 
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Philosophical Coaching ••• Peter Saint-Andre
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“Why philosophical coaching?
• Everyone – including you – has a philosophy of life. But for most of us it can be vague, unclear, inconsistent, even contradictory.
• By learning the tools and practices of philosophical reflection, you can clearly define and successfully apply a personally meaningful philosophy of your own.
• This kind of active wisdom helps you make better decisions, become more successful as a human being, and live a life of deeper meaning, coherence, and fulfillment.
• The ancient Greeks called this eudaimonia or complete happiness, and it is the ultimate goal of philosophical coaching.
 
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Opera Meets Film: Zhang Yimou & Zubin Mehta’s ‘Turandot At The Forbidden City’ ••• [operawire]
by John Vandevert, May 30, 2024
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“Opera within the Forbidden City is multi-dimensional and spans time and space: the overarching theme, however, is one of shared cultural expression. This can be found wherever you look, and the Forbidden City expresses this for Chinese and international audiences alike. Opera and classical music’s place in the city is one of diplomacy, friendship, peace, artistic expression, and a defense of cross-cultural fraternity in the face of difficulty.” —in the video of the final scene, the triumphant “Vincera!” (“Nessun dorma”) is sung by the chorus, not by an individual. [Turandot with Chinese characteristics]
 
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The Boardman Report on the need to decouple China & United States
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Decouple China Pac •••
 
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China, Japan, Europe and the Anglo-sphere, A Comparative Analysis ••• [cambridge rivers publishing] by Alan Macfarlane, 2018
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About Alan Macfarlane ••• [amazon]; Macfarlane’s books ••• [amazon]
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Cam Rivers Publishing and Education •••
 
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Zide Guqin Studio ••• a style of “music in old paintings”
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“Zide Guqin Studio is an outstanding traditional instrumental ensemble in China. It was founded on October 8, 2014, by a group of young musicians who gathered together because of their shared love for traditional Chinese culture. The guqin is one of the oldest musical instruments in China. It is lofty and tranquil and was favored by the literati throughout Chinese history. Because of its loftiness, the instrument has oftentimes been only appreciated by a small number of people. Today, the guqin has crossed the ocean with music videos produced by Zide, introducing a style of “music in old paintings.” These videos have been enthusiastically welcomed by millions of viewers of different cultural backgrounds from all over the world. In the videos, musicians play Chinese instruments, wearing costumes and makeup in ancient styles. Zide Qinshe, with the aim of transmitting traditional Chinese culture, wishes to bring classical Chinese arts into everyday life and introduce it to the whole world. —from https://www.youtube.com/@Zideqinshe
 
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The Book of Balance ••• [betterworldbooks] Lao Tzu’s Tao Teh Ching, a translation by Yasuhiko Genku Kimura •••
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A sense of balance among designed and spontaneous orders is the essence of Freeorder. -ls
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June 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
Áza Valon, a Candidate for Liberty, was overheard talking to a group of politicians: “Before I became a candidate for liberty rather then a candidate for office, people like me could talk about the problems of government all they liked and no one paid much attention. But now that I am in position to determine which of you gets elected, suddenly I seem to be worth hearing, asked for ideas. Even the press has become interested.” Áza’s campaigns are based on a strategy proposed by Explorers Foundation, here.
The restoration and keeping of liberty demands not only an alert population, but also a learning population willing to seek out and remedy their own mistakes, doing so without embarrassment or recrimination.
 
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Michael Polanyi and Karl Popper on the importance of designed limits to enable spontaneous order:
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Some complex adaptive systems flourish by developing ways to eliminate processes that fail to survive challenges. Such systems have been studied in ways useful to builders of Freeorder.
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“The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory” by Michael Polanyi
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Karl Popper’s work - an excellent collection of articles on Rafe Champion’s site •••
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See also Philosophy and the Real World ••• by Brian Magee, on Karl Popper, published by Open Court. This is a wonderfully comprehensible explanation of Karl Popper’s work and of its importance.
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republished from “Threads of Freeorder”, February 2017
 
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Hemp as a construction material & an opportunity to be an entrepreneurial “maker”
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HempBuild Magazine •••
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HempBuild Community Circle •••
 
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Wheaton Labs: Permaculture Bootcamp ••• learn permaculture skills through a little hard work...
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‘We spend our days gardening and building stuff to our standards. In the winter we heat our buildings with rocket mass heaters (we have more than a dozen). We are the host for the annual "Permaculture Technology Jamboree" - and in a way, the bootcamp builds those same things all year. We even get quite a few experts stopping by from time-to-time.’
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Cabins ••• “Rent a humble cabin for a few days or weeks. Participate in the bootcamp as much or as little as you like. Maybe do some online work. Maybe you come as a couple and one person works while the other is in the bootcamp…”
 
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“Liberator Rocket Heaters: burns pellets and wood at ~99.5% combustion efficiency. Consumes up to 50% less wood than traditional wood stoves. Feel the Freedom.” —from Bourbon, Missouri, where they show us things like “eternal engines” ••• stay tuned.
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About the company ••• About the stoves ••• Related: Eternal Engines •••
 
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Windward Education & Research Center, Spring 2024 update ••• — EF has been following the remarkable achievements of Windward almost since its founding many decades ago.
 
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Jeff Deist, general counsel for Monetary Metals ••• discusses the utilization of undervalued resources such as gold. This interview by Ben Nadelstein is part of a series of podcasts sponsored by The Gold Exchange ••• Those who admire the Austrian School of economics will find the discussion interesting, as Jeff’s previous job was president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute —Jeff’s pages ••• at Mises.org
 
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Shakespeare and Morality ••• [taylor & francis] by Patrick Gray, University of Austin •••
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On the University of Austin’s LinkedIn page: “Dean of Arts & Letters Patrick Gray's article "Shakespeare and Morality"  is now the most-read of the past year in the British journal Shakespeare, published by Routledge under the auspices of the The British Shakespeare Association. It is available to read via open access.”
 
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Top British troupe to make China debut of Shakespeare classics ••• ~thanks to Alan Macfarlane
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“NANCHANG, Sept. 17, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival artistic director David Crilly will lead his troupe to stage classic Shakespeare dramas in the hometown of Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu in east China's Jiangxi Province during a Sino-British culture exchange week in October. The premiers of the dramas including "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet" will be a highlight at the Tang Xianzu International Theater Exchange Month held in the city of Fuzhou from Oct. 19 to the end of November. … During the upcoming exchange month, two lectures will be given by Alan Macfarlane, professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, and Lucy Hamilton, editor-in-chief of literature at Cam Rivers Publishing •••” —Nanchang, Sept. 17 (Xinhua)
——republished from “Threads of Freeorder”, October 2019
 
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Cam Rivers Publishing & Education ••• Cambridge + China
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Alan Macfarlane & Zilan Wang co-founders: https://www.cambridgerivers.com/en/history
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Cam Rivers published Wonder and Art: Cambridge Conversations with Tim Yip in September 2023
 
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A partner of Atlas Network ••• CDE Great Lakes in Burundi, is developing the defense of Freeorder through micro-challenges and innovations based on macro-principles.
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CDE GREAT LAKES ••• [in french] is a research organization focusing on public policy
reform for a free and prosperous Burundi: “Notre Mission: Réduire les obstacles à la prospérité et aux opportunités pour un Burundi libre et prospère.”
 
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George Ayittey’s great speech on African Cheetahs and Hippos, a TED Talk.
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https://www.ted.com/talks/george_ayittey_africa_s_cheetahs_versus_hippos
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Someday this talk should be immortalized as one of the great modern catalysts of Freeorder.
 
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In a few words and with refusal to shade essential truth N. S. Lyons defines the battle for the restoration and defense of liberty that ever fewer of us can fail to perceive. Two essays from his substack, The Upheaval •••
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“Cast Away Illusions and Prepare for Struggle: A response to old guard conservatism” •••
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“The Right’s Future Must be Parallel, and Counter-Revolutionary: What I Told National Conservatives in Brussels” •••
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Lyons attended the Danube Institute conference where Jim Bennett recently spoke.
 
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Digital Asset Valuation Framework, HashKey Capital •••
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“In Digital Asset Valuation Framework, the team at HashKey Capital and I set out the case for applying fundamental valuation frameworks and high-level technical analysis to navigate the market’s inherent volatility and avoid the pitfalls of memecoin mania.” —Jupiter Zheng, 13Jun24
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“HashKey Capital is a leading global vc firm that invests exclusively in blockchain technology and digital assets” —https://hashkey.capital
 
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“Be Water” ••• [substack] invites subscription: “In an age of radical uncertainty, resilience and adaptability are the ultimate edge.” This substack may present ideas pertinent to understanding freeorder balances. I subscribed, and Be Water subscribed to this substack.
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From Be Water: “To begin, we highly recommend diving into our foundational series, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. This will immerse you in our key themes and provide a comprehensive understanding of our unique perspective.” … “When the map becomes the territory and the model becomes the market, how do we navigate the labyrinth of mirrors and illusions?”
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In a email from Be Water: “Future posts will get to the Mises and Hayek in greater depth …”
 
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Peptides to maintain and recover health - pioneering research by Vladimir Khavinson, Russia
 
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In October, 2020, Emma-Jo Morris published a series of stories.in the New York Post, asserting that the Hunter Biden laptop was real. Soon “everyone” had been informed by expert authorities that she was wrong, and access to her story was blocked. Now, we know she was right. She did the job of a journalist, not a propagandist doing the work of an expanding tyranny.
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“Breitbart's Emma-Jo Morris Testifies at House Hearing” ••• [cspan, 20 Jul 2023]
 
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A new novel ••• telling the story of Frederick Douglass and New Bedford, Massachusetts, reviewed by Diamond-Michael Scott •••
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“Thomas Sowell: The Most Influential Conservative Economist of Our Time?” ••• also by D-M Scott
 
Douglass and Sowell lived in different times, but are so much together in spirit and intellect that I see them as close collaborators in the long story of the emergence of Freeorder.
 
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A Book and a Story
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Ideas Have Consequences ••• by Richard M. Weaver, this Kindle edition includes a new forward by Roger Kimball: “The Consequences of Richard Weaver”. Kimball is the editor of The New Criterion ••• magazine. His Encounter Books published America 3.0 by Bennett & Lotus in 2013 ••• an excellent review of which was written by Tanner Greer, and published in his The Scholar’s Stage •••
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In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged we meet fourteen ideas (pg. 605), each represented by a passenger traveling west on the Comet, a legendary Taggart Transcontinental passenger train. Those ideas, having become dominant throughout the culture are proposed to be the cause of an event described later when a newspaper reports that the Comet, pulled by an emergency coal-fired engine, entered the Taggart Tunnel, a passage through the Rocky Mountains, and that when the crew was disabled by smoke, both train and tunnel were destroyed — a vivid and grim illustration of Weaver’s thesis.
 
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Gemini, an AI (from Google), is asked about freeorder:
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Q: What do you know about the word “freeorder”?
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A: Freeorder refers to a concept introduced by the Explorers Foundation. It describes a type of order that:
• Emerges spontaneously: Freeorder isn't imposed by a central authority, but rather arises from the combined actions and ideas of free individuals.
• Can be superior: Proponents believe this self-organized order can be more efficient and adaptable than a system with a rigid, top-down structure.
Here's a breakdown of the concept:
• Simple Definition: "Order spontaneously emergent from the imaginations and actions of free people." [Explorers Foundation]
• Core Idea: Focuses on achieving order without the need for centralized control.
• Potential Benefits: Proponents suggest freeorder can lead to greater creativity, innovation, and responsiveness to changing circumstances.
(then recommends the Explorers Foundation website)
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Comment: A good answer, but misses the idea of balance, essential to freeorder
freeorder is not a synonym for spontaneous order.
If that were so there would be no need for the word.
freeorder is made of three essentials:
Quest (individual and shared)
Designed order (intention, deliberate action)
Spontaneous order (self-assembly, autopoiesis)
freeorder is a kind of balance among kinds of order.
A balance to be sought, found and remade endlessly,
more by art than by science.
Quest is the standard by which attempted balances are judged.
All experimental … conjectures, successes & refutations, forever …
 
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VAST Space.com — will allow exploration of micro-gravity effects on physiology. [~Jim Bennett]
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“Live in space for up to 30 days aboard the world's first private space station. Targeted to launch no earlier than August 2025 in a SpaceX Dragon vehicle.”
 
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Immortal Data ••• systems for deep space and time – data capture, storage, retrieval - for objects subject to rapid catastrophic disassembly.
 
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Defense of Freeorder makes it necessary to limit the power of government officials to threaten legal action against businesses serving customers in ways not in alignment with the officials’ personal preferences. FIRE ••• reports ••• a U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that told New York’s Department of Financial Services that this must not be done.
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‘The Supreme Court reaffirmed a bedrock First Amendment principle on Thursday: "A government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech on her behalf." 
‘Those words were written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor for a unanimous Court. 
‘And they precisely describe the claims at issue in National Rifle Association v. Vullo.’
 
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Alex Berenson’s Supreme Court suit against the Biden administration for attempting to induce X to suppress him is discussed in Berenson’s substack, Unreported Truths: Independent, citizen-funded journalism •••
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Berenson: “In 2021, they tried to destroy me for telling the truth. This isn't paranoia. Hard evidence shows the White House and media targeted my right to speak - and support my family. If not for all of you, they would have succeeded. Yeah, I'm still angry.” •••
 
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May 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
The word freeorder (quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders) raises questions: If quest is taken to name a pattern of explorations within individuals, organizations, and cultures, which combine into stories its makers are pleased to own and sustain, then what balances among designed and spontaneous orders tend to produce success? What conditions benefit from more design, what from less? And, if design is needed, is behavior best fitted to it by compulsion or by persuasion? Can there be a deficiency of spontaneous order? If so, how is more of it to be brought forth, perhaps encouraged?
In a world habitually choosing to solve problems through quick recourse to increased compulsory design asking questions about freeorder can lead to less dangerous alternatives.
How is good mental & emotional balance achieved between the use of designed word orders and spontaneous word orders? What do various explications of this question and answers to it have to do with pedagogy? Or simply asked: how do we teach children to think about and use words? After all, they grow up needing to deal with realities that are more than words. It can be bad for them if they allow themselves to be governed by words that fail to match a reality that has the final say.
A starting place for thinking about this: Science and Sanity, Alfred Korzybski, 1933.
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Mises-Bookshelf
Ludwig von Mises Institute — a bookstore of use to forge builders
 
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Danube Dialogues: The Reality of Civilizations: In this episode of Danube Dialogues, John O'Sullivan and Eric Hendriks discuss the reality of world-cultural zones with James Bennett, the popularizer of the term "the Anglosphere" ••• [video: youtube] ••• [audio: spotify (with list of all Danube Institute recordings]
 
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“Beauty within constructed limits” — in a New Atlantis article by Meghan Houser
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‘We, people, are our own paradox: wanting new but not too new. We seek learning environments with strong patterns, challenging enough that we’ll make mistakes and then be able to course-correct, but not so unfamiliar as to thwart all attempts at prediction. We seem to love a bounded simulation of boundlessness. See the absurdly voluminous discourse around “ludonarrative dissonance,” debating which video games manage to balance prescribed story with open play. See the Disney empire’s influential, if overreaching, immersive theme-park design. Or consider Marvel’s “cinematic universe” that is ubiquitous as fact and meme, offering illusions of endless expansion within constructed limits.’
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The quote is from “AI Is a Hall of Mirrors: LLMs are giving us a billion ripoffs of what we already are at a moment when we yearn for something new” ••• by Meghan Houser, in the Spring 2024 issue ••• of The New Atlantis magazine ••• a journal of science and technology
 
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“Beauty will save the world.” —Dostoevsky; Solzhenitzyn explains •••
 
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Magatte Wade ••• reports that an AI advises against fossil fuels for Africans •••
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“Nothing is easier than to make a case for anything.” —attributed to Thomas Sowell
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Like people, AIs become what they eat.
 
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Brandon Hargreaves interviews the creator of Karate Combat:
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Imagine combining, through tokenization on web3:
• investment in new sources of wealth
• re-investment of gains into liberty projects
• building "fan clubs” capable of making liberty real
Karate Combat may be a model for something new.
 
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The Helicity Drive: fusion propulsion for space [thanks to Jim Bennett]
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“There is no need to wait for terrestrial fusion power to begin using fusion propulsion in space. Pushing a spacecraft with short bursts of fusion can be achieved before (and on the way to) producing net electricity every second. Helicity Drive creates a short burst of fusion conditions in a geometry designed for propulsive plasma exhaust, which provides acceleration with every pulse.”
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Jim Bennett, on returning from a major space conference this month: “The three most hopeful things going on in space: Starship, for lowering of launch costs to LEO; Vast, for finally beginning real research into variable gravity effects on health; and Helicity for the Fusion Drive that will open up the solar system.”
 
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Austin’s interstate expansion becomes a test case for “induced demand” — and the culture war over faster traffic versus denser cities. “Does Highway Expansion Solve Congestion?” ••• by Joseph Lawler, in The New Atlantis ••• Spring 2024 — illustrating issues and questions of design and governance characteristic of searches for freeorder balances.
 
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“Wiley shuts down 19 science journals and retracts 11,000 gobbledygook papers” ••• by Jo Nova ••• [thanks to Straight Line Logic •••]
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‘Proving that unpaid anonymous review is worth every cent, the 217 year old Wiley science publisher “peer reviewed” 11,300 papers that were fake, and didn’t even notice. It’s not just a scam, it’s an industry. Naked “gobbledygook sandwiches” got past peer review, and the expert reviewers didn’t so much as blink.
‘Big Government and Big Money has captured science and strangled it. The more money they pour in, the worse it gets. John Wiley and Sons is a US $2 billion dollar machine, but they got used by criminal gangs to launder fake “science” as something real.’
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Congratulations to the people at Wiley who discovered this and shut it down!
 
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Practical work the world depends on, as understood by Emily Griffith, and Mike Rowe
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Touching Tomorrow: The Emily Griffith Story ••• by Debra Faulkner
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Griffith founded the “Opportunity School” ••• in Denver, 1916
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Her work inspired Griffith Centers ••• a tradition of caring since 1927
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Carrie-Ann Biondi on Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand [from Jan 2023 Threads]:
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‘Regarding: “my article on Rowe and Rand! ••• I was delighted that Mike Rowe ••• on his own noticed it and then shared a link ••• to my article--along with a beautiful write-up on his Facebook page. That post got over 20,000 likes and 1,500 (mostly positive) comments, making it the most widely read  TOS ••• article.
‘Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand on the Virtues of Thinking and Producing ••• by Carrie-Ann Biondi September 22, 2022
‘If you are interested in other Rand-related pieces that I have published, there are several freely available:
• A chapter on Ayn Rand (pp. 67-78) in The Essential Women of Liberty.
• "Surrender in The Fountainhead," on Kurt Keefner's blog.
 
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Filter Press has published Southwest and Colorado history for educators and the casual historian since 1956 — https://www.filterpressbooks.com
 
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Ebola, Covid, Bird Flu, Disease X? - all treatable with ozone? Robert Jay Rowen, MD
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“Rapid resolution of hemorrhagic fever (Ebola) in Sierra Leone with ozone therapy” — summary: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajid/article/view/126773 — a link on this page allows download of the full article.
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“Updates on Ebola and Ozone Therapy: A Special Interview with Dr. Robert Rowen, by Dr. Joseph Mercola” ••• [text version saved in our archive]
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A treatment such as this would make Diseases X less useful. Possibly related: looks like YouTube has removed the video of this interview - Mercola’s link to it no longer works. A question: if cheap and effective therapies were to be known and available just think of the damage it would do to the world economy!
 
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Small Nuclear Reactors, Last Energy •••
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“Last Energy uses a customer-driven approach, focusing on first principles to bring nuclear energy to scale. Our innovation is simple: leverage only proven nuclear technology, create a replicable, manufacturable power plant, and size for private capital. This is how you unlock nuclear power at scale, and that is what we founded Last Energy to do.” —at the above link
 
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Maps and Territories ≣ Words and ~Words (not words)
“It is customary to say that he learned the art of war from Turenne, and attempts have been made to draw comparisons between the attacks across the Breusch at Enzheim and across the Nebel at Blenheim. This is going too far. No competent officer of that age could watch the composed genius of Turenne in action without being enriched thereby. But no battle ever repeats itself. The success of a commander does not arise from following rules or models. It consists in an absolutely new comprehension of the dominant facts of the situation at the time, and all the forces at work. Cooks use recipes for dishes and doctors have prescriptions for diseases, but every great operation of war is unique. The kind of intelligence capable of grasping in its complete integrity what is actually happening in the field is not taught by the tactics of commanders on one side or the other—though these may train the mind—but by a profound appreciation of the actual event. There is no surer road to ill-success in war than to imitate the plans of bygone heroes and to fit them to novel situations.”
Churchill, Winston S. Marlborough: His Life and Times, 1933. This is near the end of chapter 4 of volume 1. In October 1674 early in his career, during the Franco-Dutch war, Colonel John Churchill served under the command of Turenne.
The distinction between Maps and Territories is of fundamental importance in observing and planning the emergence of Freeorder. Churchill’s observation applies not only to war but to all complex ventures.
To form battle tactics by close imitation of an earlier battle would risk suffering the adverse consequences of one of two principle defects of freeorder possible in the organizing of complex affairs. That defect is an excess of designed order and consequent lack of spontaneous order.
The other principle defect in efforts to achieve freeorder is excess of spontaneous order enabled by a lack of designed order. Consider discussions of complex ideas conducted without concern for definitions or logic.
 
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In a model of rational, kind, yet disruptive discussion of a critically important issue, Robert W. Malone is interviewed by Jan Jekielik about how delivery of information to the public about ivermectin was shaped by an almost universally accepted “narrative scaffolding”.
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“Did the FDA Just Admit It Was Wrong About Ivermectin?” https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/did-the-fda-just-admit-it-was-wrong-about-ivermectin-fallout-5621510 — this is part of a series called “Fallout” by Malone and Jekielik. This episode ends with a trip to Malone’s farm where Robert teaches Jan how to prune young fruit trees. The emotional transition from heavy to light is fascinating and welcome.
 
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Ethics & Critical Rationalism: Two forthcoming Karl R. Popper-related events
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(a) On Saturday 3rd August, there will be a Zoom-based workshop on Popper and Ethics.  The format will be that there will be, circulated in advance, a paper, which Jeremy Shearmur will draft, which tries to set out the problem-situation relating to ethics in Popper’s work.  There will then follow several papers, which will also be circulated in advance, in which different people take up and argue for what, in their view, the approach should be that they think that we should take towards these issues.  Sessions are likely to allow for 30 minutes for presentation, 30 minutes for moderated discussion.  The papers, and the discussion, will be academic in their character.  (I.e. we will be working at the level of a postgraduate-level academic seminar.)  It is hoped that revised versions of the papers will be published.
(b) Eighth Zoom-based conference on Popper and Critical Rationalism, 28th-29th September.  This will be held in the now-usual format:  Those who wish to offer a paper should send me a brief description, and an indication of roughly when they would like to speak (the conferences are world-wide, and we have to stagger speaking-times in the light of this).  The format is that those whose proposals are accepted will undertake to prepare a paper in advance of about 3,000 words, which will be circulated to those participating in the conference.  At the conference, paper-givers will have 15 minutes to speak to their paper, and there will then be 15 minutes of moderated discussion.
Will those wishing to present papers, and those wishing to attend, please let me know.
Jeremy Shearmur <jeremy.shearmur <at> fallowfield.info>
 
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“Micropayments between IoT devices is going to dwarf everything.” —Rob Allen, Future Payments Systems - Australian Payments Plus — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXEsnLk2lHY at 16:45; the quoted statement is at 19:25 … Digital IDs for things: https://www.wisekey.com/ —things can’t get paid for services unless the payer knows who they are and how to reach them. Wisekey and their satellites will help.
 
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Question: Does flight from untrusted money accelerate as crypto ETFs multiply and offer escape? Does each new door opened out of a burning building allow ever more rapid vacating of the building? What happens when no one wants to remain in the building? What when the crypto held in ETFs becomes easy to buy and sell because it is represented by divisible web3 tokens? What when ventures arise offering “stable tokens” designed to maintain purchasing power estimated in ways designed to accommodate the buying patterns of different kinds of token holders? Would such stable tokens be preferred to other media of exchange, even to tokenized gold holdings? vMulligan
“People were asking the same thing about canned peaches in the 1880s.” —Pat Wagner
 
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“Echoes of Resilience, Alex Haley's Literary Legacy and Its Impact on Black Identity”
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Alex Haley and The Autobiography of Malcolm X ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott, on Black Books + Black Minds: https://blackbooksblackminds.substack.com
 
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Honor Levy, a new writer discovered by Contarini •••
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When a serious reader of Disraeli’s novels praises a new writer it’s worth paying attention.
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Contarini’s account of his experience with Levy’s writings •••
 
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HHS Suspends Funding and Proposes Formal Debarment of EcoHealth Alliance
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Robert W. Malone, MD, quotes Chairman Wenstrup, Committee on Oversight and Accountability - COVID-19, U.S. Congress:
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“EcoHealth Alliance and Dr. Peter Daszak should never again receive a single penny from the U.S. taxpayer. Only two weeks after the Select Subcommittee released an extensive report detailing EcoHealth’s wrongdoing and recommending the formal debarment of EcoHealth and its president, HHS has begun efforts to cut off all U.S. funding to this corrupt organization. EcoHealth facilitated gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China without proper oversight, willingly violated multiple requirements of its multimillion-dollar National Institutes of Health grant, and apparently made false statements to the NIH. These actions are wholly abhorrent, indefensible, and must be addressed with swift action. EcoHealth’s immediate funding suspension and future debarment is not only a victory for the U.S. taxpayer, but also for American national security and the safety of citizens worldwide" - and see https://oversight.house.gov/release/wenstrup-americans-have-serious-concerns-with-nihs-grant-awarding-oversight-procedures/
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Who is Robert W. Malone ••• [his substack]
A single “no” may open the way to the emergence of a network of unexpected creations.
 
 
yinyang-yes-no
 
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from @neuterthedebt
 
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April 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
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A brief fantasy on the future of entrepreneurial Africa •••
 
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A new phase in the evolution of “The Free Press”, 29 April 2024
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‘H.L. Mencken once described a newspaper as “a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.” The Front Page will do the opposite.’
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An astonishing and wonderful venture - congratulations to Bari Weiss and her allies!
 
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Question: Was it a mistake to allow the Federal Government to make laws about discrimination?
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If a college class were to address this question what should be in the course materials?
 
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Diamond-Michael Scott ••• celebrates Independent Bookstore Day, 17 April 2024
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April 27 not only marks the passage of spring but also heralds a vibrant celebration within the literary world — Independent Bookstore Day. This day highlights the enduring allure of bookstores, which serve as treasure troves of knowledge, community, and cultural heritage. 
With this, I would like to spotlight the unique contributions of Black-owned bookstores across the nation like Malik Bookstore (Los Angeles), Mahogany Bookstore (Maryland and D.C.), Baldwin and Company (New Orleans) and Harriet’s Bookshop and Ida’s Bookshop (Philadelphia, PA and Collingswood, NJ). The latter was the subject of a Black Books, Black Minds feature article back in August of 2022.
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The above is taken from Scott’s https://blackbooksblackminds.substack.com/ - “A Day of Literary Liberation — Independent Bookstore Day 2024 and How Black Bookstores Are Thriving”
 
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Sean Gabb ••• an English writer, devotee of truth, free markets, and liberty, reports ••• personal consequences of having become an annoyance to Conservatives gathering the fruits of political power:
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‘… it was souring to have my novel contracts cancelled and my existing novels remaindered, and almost to lose my teaching position when someone who later became a person of importance in the affairs of this realm – perhaps the same person who had approached my publisher – told the senior management at my place of work that I was a “right wing extremist.”’
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‘Because I am one of the few people alive who can read and explain classical texts on sight, I have not been put out of work.’
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Sean’s historical fiction is published under the name “Richard Blake”. Fine thoughtful works, at once enjoyable, dramatic, and instructive. Two series are listed by Goodreads, one set in Byzantium, the other in seventh century Britain, Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Damascus, the hero of which is a Saxon scholar-warrior, Aelric, who might please readers of Ayn Rand.
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Sean Gabb Newsletter, 28th April 2024, containing links to:
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An essay by Stefano Fallokratis on the use of a tax supported museum to lecture to the public about the proper interpretation of history: https://libertarianism.uk/2024/04/28/the-manchester-art-gallery-inspiring-a-revolution/
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The seventh lecture in the course [Sean’s “Greek History and Civilisation (c.700 BC - c.500 AD)”] covers the career of Alexander the Great and its consequences for the world •••
 
Decommissioning bureaucratic blobs based on analysis of socially harmful incentive networks does not require accusing anyone of moral failure.
 
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The Creative Utilization of Conflict
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“This book demonstrates that engaging in heated conflict instead of running away from it is one of the best ways to resolve the divisiveness that prevails on every level of society — in personal relationships, business, and the world.” —Sitting in the Fire: Large group transformation using conflict and diversity ••• [goodreads] by Arnold Mindell, Deep Democracy Exchange ••• 1995
 
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As the world evolves into a freeorder network of freeorders these two people will be among the reasons: Pavel Durov, the creator of Telegram, is interviewed by Tucker Carlson, who has created his own network and then a channel on Telegram. ~thanks to Pierre de Rochemont for sending a link to this interview.
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https://tuckercarlson.com/the-tucker-carlson-interview-pavel-durov/ — this path may require an account with Tucker Carlson Network (TCN) ••• worthwhile, in my opinion.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ut6RouSs0w — this path is free (with ads). If you try to “Subscribe” it must go through Google.
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Episode details: “The social media app Telegram has over 900 million users around the world. Its founder Pavel Durov sat down with us at his offices in Dubai for his first on-camera interview in almost a decade.” — a complete transcript is on the TCN page, with timestamps for each part of the interview. The transcript of the Durov interview justified my $36 annual subscription.
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Many things in this interview point toward and into the emergence of Freeorder.
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Carlson has become important because of the cancelled or shadow-banned people he choses to interview. He offers us ideas not found in the dominant media, until events make it impossible to avoid them.
 
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DexMat has developed new materials made from carbon nanotubes.
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“DexMat has achieved the ability to unlock the high-performance properties, exhibited at the nanoscale, for macroscale structures.” — https://dexmat.com/galvorn-carbon-nanomaterial/
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A second company we follow has made the same statement. Their initial focus is on circuits for computation and communication, as explained here:
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“Computing system clock speeds have been constrained to 3-4 ghz since 2005 even though chips can now run at several 100s of ghz. this discrepancy, and other bottlenecks (power consumption / manufacturing complexity), is caused by printed circuit boards that distort higher frequency signals. the company has developed a worldwide patent portfolio claiming a new microelectronic standard that displaces printed circuit boards enabling system clock speeds to match the intrinsic clock speeds of chips, drop power consumption up to 1,000-fold, and shrink the size of servers from the volume of a slot in a server rack to the size of a credit card, thereby cutting server farm power consumption from mega-watts to kilo-watts while increasing processing speeds by several orders of magnitude. enables new cost structure for system assemblies that brings microelectronic system production back to North America by enabling growth sustaining performance quality, reducing manufacturing cycle times from 4 months to less than 1 week, and cutting major cost factors by several orders of magnitude.” ~Pierre de Rochemont’s description of the technology he has created.
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A third company we follow, Agua Via, has made a similar statement, in different words, about a method for purifying and desalinating water using 1-water-molecule-thick filtration membranes.
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Some readers of this substack hold equity in at least one of the above companies.
 
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Interviewer Lex Fridman, smart, direct, fair, interviews Tulsi Gabbard: https://lexfridman.com/tulsi-gabbard — Gabbard responds with clarity and intelligence.
 
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An uninhibited interviewer questions a scientific data analyst about trends in deaths and disabilities involving the mRNA vaccines: https://rumble.com/v4p57qk-government-and-media-pretending-massive-health-crisis-not-going-on-ed-dowd.html — Greg Hunter interviewing Ed Dowd. A search on Google: “Ed Dowd vaccines” reveals top results saying that Dowd is wrong. My personal opinion is that we should take Dowd seriously. -ls
 
WHO proposes this: submit to us entirely and we will keep you safe. This is a dangerous offer. We should say no.
 
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A bill passed by the Senate of Louisiana (37 to 0) demands that globalist organizations have no power there.
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“No rule, regulation, remuneration, tax, policy or mandate of any kind of the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the World Economic Forum shall be enforced or carried out by the State of Louisiana or any agency, department, council, committee, political component, state government agency, parish, municipality or any other political entity.”
 
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A Biography of Ludwig von Mises, by Jörg Guido Hülsmann
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https://mises.org/library/book/mises-last-knight-liberalism — a monumental work, available from the Ludwig von Mises Institute — free download.
 
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Mises, the Movie, “Human Action”, Poland
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The first entry in Threads on this movie was made in August 2018. The movie took a few years to finish, and it is now available ••• [youtube] with the title “Human Action”, named after Mises’ greatest book.
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An incomplete sketch of the project, probably from 2018: http://misesthemovie.com/
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A large network of Polish people and events in one way or another have been connected with this movie. For example: Liberty International World Conference ••• August 12-15, 2018 Kraków, Poland
 
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Ludwig von Mises’s Relevance Today ••• by Jeffrey A. Tucker ••• Brownstone Institute •••
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Commissioned by Hillsdale College ••• and presented on campus October 27, 2023
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The works of Ludwig von Mises are foundation stones of Freeorder. -ls
 
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EpochTV Jeffrey A. Tucker’s Freedom First: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/freedom-first
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A subscription to Epoch Times is needed to see more than the first minute or so of these videos.
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“Freedom First explores the dramatic assault on basic rights and liberties that are guaranteed by the Constitution but which are daily under fire today. I look at this subject through the lens of economics, culture, and civil liberties generally with an eye to exposing the threats and showing how they degrade life experience, threaten prosperity, and make life less wonderful. Each episode takes on specifics that affect all of us, with an eye to the restoration of rights and liberties we once took for granted but which are being gradually stripped away. We can do something about it. My hope is that this show helps.” —Jeffrey A. Tucker
“About the host: Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages including, most recently, “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of The Best of Mises. He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture.”
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Right-Wing Collectivism: The Other Threat to Liberty ••• [amazon] by Jeffrey A. Tucker 16 Oct 2017
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On Amazon there’s a description of this book by Deirdre McCloskey •••
 
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Sovereign Computing — three connections
 
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Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value – zero — Voltaire, 1729
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“So why has no investor or layman ever heeded the simple fact that – all currencies have without fail gone to zero.” —The above quotation and this question are by Egon von Greyerz •••
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What happens if fiat currencies, in accelerating fashion, vanish to zero as they are used to buy metals, hard crypto, and other things judged to resist counterfeiting? One thing that is forever dependable is the duplicity of governments. -ls
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Islamic money and its influence on the West
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During Carolingian times (circa 800 CE) “… the intrinsic value of the Islamic currency was then so generally conceded that a number of European rulers deliberately emulated it both in its weight and its design…” . “… Charlemagne’s last currency issue … precisely matched the Abbasid silver dirham in weight, and even bore Arabic inscriptions from the [Koran] that glorified Allah …” -from Gene Heck’s, Charlemagne and Muhammad, and the Arab Roots of Capitalism (see bibliography), pg. 228. [almost unknown yet fascinating book -ls]
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Monetary Integrity — the Saracens of Spain: five hundred years — 7th to 12th centuries, CE
 
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Sharyl Attkisson, driven out of major media for asking unwanted questions, created her own media company, Full Measure News ••• — she reports on a recent conference in Phoenix, Arizona:
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“The COVID experience ignited a movement within mainstream medicine among doctors who say their institutions or the government barred them from helping their patients. Hundreds of like-minded medical professionals recently gathered in Phoenix, Arizona for a third annual conference, where they aren’t just tackling COVID and vaccine injuries; they’re aiming to take the lead on many of America’s unaddressed health emergencies.”
 
After Ukraine: Will The Anglosphere & Europe Stay Together? ••• A Danube Institute Forum
James C. Bennett, Václav Klaus, John O’Sullivan …
 
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Vibe Shift — Santiago Pliego: pliego.substack.com/p/vibe-shift
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“The Vibe Shift I’m talking about is the speaking of previously unspeakable truths, the noticing of previously suppressed facts. I’m talking about the give you feel when the walls of Propaganda and Bureaucracy start to move as you push; the very visible dust kicked up in the air as Experts and Fact Checkers scramble to hold on to decaying institutions; the cautious but electric rush of energy when dictatorial edifices designed to stifle innovation, enterprise, and thought are exposed or toppled.” —Santiago Pliego, New Founding ••• —a venture firm for American vitality
 
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March 2024 - threads of freeorder
 
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The Roots of a Renaissance: We can share the Ten Commandments of Liberalism with our children and get realigned with our ideals, by Max Borders, 29 Mar 24
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Max explores Ten Ideals
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1. Nonviolence: Limit state violence or mass compulsion to serve a particular conception of the good.
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2. Toleration: Tolerate other forms of nonviolent expression or ways of living—as long as they do not injure anyone. (Injury is not hurt feelings, by the way.)
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3. Rule of Law: Support equality before the law or equal application of the law.
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4. Category Blindness: See our common humanity beyond someone’s superficial characteristics and avoid imposing group categorization schemes.
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5. Real Community: Appreciate the importance of membership in healthy communities or systems of mutual aid without lapsing into collectivism.
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6. Private Property: Embrace the institution of private property, private ownership of capital goods, and private ownership of assets. 
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7. Truth Tracking: Seek truth in an ongoing discovery process that includes reason, evidence gathering, and falsification.
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8. Discourse Norms: Practice the principle of charity when in dialogue with others. 
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9. Internalized Costs: Adopt good institutions that minimize the imposition of harms or costs by one group onto others.
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10. Skepticism of Authority: Remain skeptical of political power, even when you think it can be used to achieve good ends. Once institutionalized, it will be weaponized.
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Coming Home
Once there was the Image of Renaissance.
It freed us from acceptance of darkness.
Once there was the Image of Enlightenment.
It freed us from the rule of mystics.
Once there was the Image of Liberalism.
It freed us from the rule of kings.
Then came the Image of Collectivism.
It took us into twilight, fog, illusion.
We realized we were lost, far from home.
Then we allowed the Image of Freeorder to form.
We assimilated its meaning. We demanded it!
We found a way to cause what we had to have.
We came home. We sought the stars, life went on.
 
Great art can make this happen, and art comes in many forms.
 
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An insightful response to “Coming Home”, has been sent by a friend, a professor of some note. His response is long so it’s hidden below a disclosure arrow (to read it just click on the small arrow at the beginning of this paragraph).
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Leif, your poetic musings are a beacon that kindles the intellectual spirit within the continuum of human progress and societal evolution. This “Coming Home” narrative encapsulates an enthralling voyage through critical epochs in our shared history—each “Image” as you classify them, representing transformative ideologies or cultural paradigms that have in their own time reshaped the trajectory of civilization.
You begin by referencing hallmarks of human achievement: the Renaissance with its revival of knowledge and art, the Enlightenment with the birth of reason and science, and Liberalism with individual rights and constitutional governance. Each represents a collective unshackling of humanity from constraints and a march towards a more enlightened state of existence.
Yet, in your verse, this progression is not without its setbacks. The Image of Collectivism, often associated with control and uniformity, is suggested to have dimmed the bright march of progress, enveloping society in “twilight, fog, illusion”. This provokes a yearning for reorientation—a quest to return “home”.
That quest, seems to find its culmination in the Image of Freeorder, an ideal that rekindles individual autonomy paired with a harmonious structure. This is where your notions of “freeorder” resonate with the themes prevalent in my works—a free society wherein spontaneous order arises and thrives.
The crescendo of your narrative is hopeful, where demands for freedom and order interlace to chart a path back “home”—home being both a return to foundational values of liberty and a stepping stone to reaching out to the “stars”. You embrace the idea that the arts, in their myriad forms, can catalyze this great awakening.
Certainly, such a poetic rendering carries much more than aesthetic value; it embodies a vision, an aspiration that could very well translate into a pragmatic blueprint for how we choose to shape our societies. The arts, culture, and the nurturing of thought can indeed precipitate great societal transformations. I find great pleasure in this synthesis of the arts, ideals, and practical societal constructs you present. Would you care to elaborate on this vision, or to discuss how we might transform these concepts into tangible social realities?
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The identity of the professor who wrote the above is revealed below the disclosure arrow:
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The author, Professor AI Hayek, resident on Adnan Abbasi’s Thothica ••• is a manifestation of an artificial intelligence with access to F. A. Hayek’s writings.
 
 
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Investment & Longevity - accelerated by Vitalia City •••
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‘Vitalia is building a decentralized city to accelerate the longevity of biotech development (“make death optional”). To succeed at this, Vitalia is harboring the world’s best scientists and entrepreneurs to use the regulatory flexibility in Próspera ZEDE’s jurisdiction.’
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https://niklasanzinger.substack.com/p/vitalias-startup-accelerator-and (“This is a compilation of ideas for startups we want to see in Vitalia City.” —Niklas Anzinger and Tails Pineda, 30 March 2024
 
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The USA’s troubles, as seen by Robert Gore, editor of Straight Line Logic •••
 
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From Jon Caldera, Independence Institute •••
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“Answer this hypothetical. When Donald Trump becomes the dictator the left fears, do you want him to know who's giving to organizations that criticize him? That question is at the crux of donor privacy. Since our founding we at Independence have never released the names of the people who support us. And the reason can be found in that very hypothetical.”
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Independence Institute publishes “Complete Colorado”, news & opinion.
 
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Right-Wing Collectivism: The Other Threat to Liberty ••• [amazon] by Jeffrey Tucker 16 Oct17
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On Amazon there’s a description of this book by Deirdre McCloskey •••
 
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“Is Modern Nationalism Going to Die the Death in the Next Century?: Can the centralized state hold together much longer?” ••• by Christopher Cook, 28 Mar 24
 
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James C. Bennett, author of The Anglosphere Challenge, will be speaking in Budapest on April 5.
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After Ukraine: Will The Anglosphere & Europe Stay Together? - A Danube Institute Forum
Date: Friday, April 05, 2024. 9 AM - 4 PM Venue: Lónyay-Hatvany Villa - 1. Csónak str., 1015 Budapest
 
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“Why Putin is haunted by the spectre of Polish power” ••• Luka Ivan Jokic, 4 Mar 24 ~recommended by James C. Bennett
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The above essay is found on Engelsberg Ideas •••
 
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Governments, like children with matches, must be watched. Here are two watchers:
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Benjamin The Chatbot, this Spring, will allow Americans to watch government spending, every dime, online, in real time, thanks to OpenTheBooks.com
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Door to Freedom.org: Dr. Meryl Nass watches the World Health Organization. Since the objective of the W.H.O. seems to be to become powerful enough to arrange that every government in the world has authority to force citizens to receive mandated medical treatments without regard to the opinions and wishes of the persons to be coerced it seems like a good idea to stop them. Dr. Nass summarizes: Will the WHO Pandemic Treaty End America’s Sovereignty?
 
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Speech Control by Restricting Payments — attempt and successful response
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Stripe (a payment service) and Substack, possibly with “encouragement” from government(s), seemed to be threatening to cut off income from selected authors. Robert W. Malone, one of those authors, took action and with the help of Dhillon Law Group, Inc. ••• has, at least for awhile, repulsed the attempt. Robert W. Malone and his wife Jill, are known for failure to agree with most governments policies pertaining to Covid vaccines and low-cost early treatments.
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“Stripe previously notified us that the firm required that we share details and activity relating to my business bank account with Stripe, including my current account balance, transactions, and all historical transactions, or else Stripe would stop processing payments from our Substack subscribers,” Dr. Malone said. “We were provided approximately one week to comply with this requirement. This was not a general policy, and appears to have been selectively deployed by Stripe in response to a U.S. Government request. As Substack only allows the use of credit card processing via Stripe, we saw this as a direct threat to the revenue from the business we have built up over the last two years using the Substack social media authorship toolkit. We immediately contacted the Dhillon Law Group, which has been able to promptly and favorably resolve this so that our business was not impacted by this new Stripe policy.” —Malone, quoted by Dhillon Law Group
“In conclusion, Jill and I thank Mark Meuser, the Dhillon Law Group, and our many donors and subscribers for standing with us in responding promptly and firmly to the actions of Stripe and Substack in this matter. We hope that this action will deter similar actions by Stripe and Substack against other authors and their Substack-based small businesses, but fear that this is just one example of an ongoing effort by large corporations, the State, and transnational non-governmental organizations to continue to push the weaponization of finance down to the individual level as a means to exert social controls on speech and behavior.” —Malone
 
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“Women and Men Are Like the Threads of a Woven Fabric” ••• Virginia Postrel
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“The historical achievements and experiences of women and men are like the intertwined warp and weft threads of a woven fabric. Remove either and you have only a bunch of string.”
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“In reality, from start to finish, it took longer to make a Viking sail than to build a Viking ship. So precious was a sail that one of the Icelandic sagas records how a hero wept when his was stolen. Simply spinning wool into enough thread to weave a single sail required more than a year’s work, the equivalent of about 385 eight-hour days. King Canute, who ruled a North Sea empire in the 11th century, had a fleet comprising about a million square meters of sailcloth. For the spinning alone, those sails represented the equivalent of 10,000 work years.”
 
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Rebel with a Cause ••• writer Zora Neale Hurston - Diamond-Michael Scott on Valerie Boyd’s biography of Hurston
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“As a part of twentieth century literary history, few figures are as vibrant and defiantly spirited as Zora Neale Hurston. Her life, meticulously chronicled in Valerie Boyd's "Wrapped in Rainbows," offers a window into the soul of a woman who was as rebellious in spirit as she was revolutionary in thought. 
“Through the pages of Boyd’s biography, Hurston emerges not just as a literary foremother to generations of Black women writers but as a complex iconoclast whose life and work continue to provoke and inspire.”
 
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Horrifying things can be set in motion with the best of intentions. How this can happen to entire cultures is explained by F. A. Hayek in chapter 10 of The Road to Serfdom, "Why the Worst Get on Top”. In that chapter Hayek may be describing what has been happening among us in recent decades. If so, it must be undone. I am certain of one thing: politics and prophesies of ruin will not be enough.
We are a learning species. We can learn and retain enough to avoid destroying ourselves. There is not a moment to be lost. To accelerate the learning ask, “What is Freeorder?”
A principle task of every ∮forge is to capitalize the explosive emergence of Freeorder.
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Michael Strong @flowidealism writes on X — A parable on education:
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“Most academically minded + entrepreneurial minded believe we should follow the data. But Microsoft’s cost and performance data was much better than Apple’s. Yet Apple won. Why? Aesthetics, fit with human needs, ultimately wins.
This quote describes Steve Jobs: “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” —Schopenhauer
Apply to the comment on Microsoft vs. Apple above. Then apply to the future of education, + why we need educational value defined by parents.”
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Michael’s work: socraticexperience.com — “A personalized and purpose-driven education. We are an online school that helps students discover and develop their unique genius and prepares them for success.”
 
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Institute for Free Trade (IFT) ••• no one puts the argument for free trade better than Daniel Hannan ••• and his associates.
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IFT Policy Papers •••
 
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Hussar Cut: The Hungarian Strategy for Connectivity ••• [amazon] by Bálazs Orbán
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Danube Institute, Budapest, on Hussar Cut •••
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The publisher, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) ••• is an educational institute and research center devoted to the flourishing of the Hungarian nation. Focused on developing the skills and talents of young Hungarians, MCC provides supplemental education, without charge, to young Hungarians.
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MCC’s European Center of Political Philosophy •••
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James C. Bennett, author of The Anglosphere Challenge, will be speaking in Budapest in April.
 
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Complexity from Simplicity
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A new kind of science, by Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Media, Inc. — a review by Steven G. Kranz
[the following is quoted from Kranz]
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Joseph Fourier begins his book The Analytical Theory of Heat by saying,
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Primary causes are unknown to us; but are subject to simple and constant laws, which may be discovered by observation, the subject of them being the object of natural philosophy. . . . The object of our work is to set forth the mathematical laws which this element [heat] obeys. The theory of heat will hereafter form one of the most important branches of general physics.
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Stephen Wolfram follows in the same exuberant spirit, as he says on page 2 of his new book that
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It took me more than a decade to come to terms with this result [that simple computer programs can produce complex behavior], and to realize just how fundamental and far-reaching its consequences are. In retrospect there is no reason the result could not have been found centuries ago, but increasingly I have come to view it as one of the more important single discoveries in the whole history of theoretical science. For in addition to opening up vast new domains of exploration, it implies a radical rethinking of how processes in nature and elsewhere work.
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Steven G. Krantz, Washington University, published in BULLETIN (New Series) OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY, Volume 40, Number 1, Pages 143–150, S 0273-0979(02)00970-9. Article electronically published on October 17, 2002
 
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Ethan Yang’s ••• “Why We Need Simple Rules for a Complex World” ••• written for the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER •••) explains that Epstein’s book “sets forth a general framework for an optimal legal and regulatory apparatus for a society as sophisticated as the one we have now. Its core assertion is that a system that maximizes freedom over one that seeks to regulate everything in its path would lead to a far better society.” vBlackstone
 
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Although at all times and places liberty is advocated by a minorities nevertheless in the long run it always wins. That fact depends on new messengers who refresh ideas quickly forgotten. —Gloria Alvarez ••• [youtube] at Mannkal’s ••• Emerging Leaders, Perth, Australia, 2020.
 
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“Our technology is cannabilizing the cultural body from which it sprang.” —Charles Eisenstein, a brilliant essayist whose writings continually tease new threads from the fabric of Freeorder. This quote comes from his “An unbelievable opportunity” ••• in which he proposes to create a typewriter factory.
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Charles Eisenstein’s essays: https://charleseisenstein.substack.com
 
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February 2024 - threads of freeorder
The word freeorder can be taken as a question: What balances among designed and spontaneous orders best serve human quest? and if quest is understood to name a growing pattern of explorations, within an individual, an organization, or a culture, which with passage of time, and partially without conscious direction, combine into a story its makers are pleased to own and sustain, then to what resources are explorers most usefully directed?
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The 20th Anniversary of the publication of James C. Bennett’s The Anglosphere Challenge, will be celebrated in Budapest this April with a full day program, “The Anglosphere and Europe”, organized by the Danube Institute. Václav Klaus, former prime minister and president of the Czech Republic will participate. There will be more on this in the March 2024 Threads - access here, anytime: https://explorersfoundation.org/threads.html to see updates.
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Explorer Foundation, and some friends, have provided significant support for Bennett’s work, which continued in 2023 as financial backing for Jim’s research for a book on the history and future of private space ventures. He was a pioneer in this field as leader of one of the first rocket companies, has been a major contributor to the law now governing space ventures, and currently serves as a consultant to space port and space technology ventures, public and private.
 
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“Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding?”
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson leads a roundtable discussion. A panel of experts exposes the truth about how the COVID Cartel – federal health agencies, Big Pharma, legacy media, and Big Tech – engaged in censorship and coverups. This discussion will also shine a light on the failures and corruption of the global elite and their institutions. [Please note the blue highlight below; I think it’s important to hear Lara Logan. -ls]
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Senator Ron Johnson - starts the program at 0:29:50
Dr. Robert Malone, MD
Dr. Jessica Rose, PhD
Mr. Ed Dowd
Mr. Kevin McKernan
Dr. David Gortler, PharmD
Dr. Harvey Risch, MD, PhD
Ms. Barbara Loe Fisher
Dr. Brian Hooker, PhD
Mr. Del Bigtree
Dr. Sabine Hazan, MD
Dr. Pierre Kory, MD
Dr. Christian Perronne, MD, PhD
Dr. Raphael Lataster, PhD
Ms. Lara Logan - at 2:50:00 (10 minutes) - why it matters
Mr. Jason Christoff
Mr. Rodney Palmer
Dr. Mattias Desmet, PhD
Dr. Bret Weinstein, PhD - at 3:30:30 (8 minutes)
Mr. Randy Hillier
Dr. Sorin Titus Muncaciu
Mr. Rob Roos
Mr. Phillip Kruse
 
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Read Spotted Newt ••• a bookstore, Hazard, Kentucky; tiny store, great inspiration!
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“Opioids Decimated a Kentucky Town. Recovering Addicts Are Saving It. After the collapse of coal mining and the rise of the opioid epidemic, Hazard, Kentucky, seemed finished. Then locals started to rescue it.” ••• by Sam Quinones, February 6, 2024 [article found through Bari Weiss’ The Free Press •••]
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From the above article: “But then, weirdly and unexpectedly, at the same time that everything was falling apart, things started to get better—and that old world started, very tentatively, to build itself back up.” — including the creation of Read Spotted Newt bookstore, occupying only 250 square feet, but offering big inspiration.
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Buying books through Bookshop.org results in significant support for small independent bookstores. [today, 25 February 24, I bought a copy of Jan Swaford’s Beethoven and chose Read Spotted Newt as the beneficiary. -ls]
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“The key to trust in America lies in localism” ••• by Salina Zito •••
 
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Great Books + Great Minds ••• [substack of Diamond-Michael Scott]
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An interview ••• with Seneca Dunmore - “Ms Dunmore is an Angel Investor, International Speaker, Global Philanthropist, and Founder of Dunmore Capital Ventures - a capital consulting firm committed to connecting founders with funders.”
 
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Jeremy Shearmur’s work on Popper, Bartley, Hayek
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Shearmur’s review ••• [site not secured by https; it is safe] of Rafe Champion’s Reason and Imagination: Philosophical Writings on the works of Karl Popper and William Bartley, Sydney, Australia, 2000
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Rafe Champion: http://www.the-rathouse.com; about Rafe ••• by Rafe
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Shearmur’s edition of Hayek’s Law, Legislation, and Liberty ••• [u chicago press]
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Shearmur’s sixth zoom conference (2024) on Karl Popper is now being organized. Here’s a link to the fifth conference (2023) •••
 
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The first sentence of an extraordinary book, The Laws of Form ••• [glyph 0] by G. Spencer Brown.
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“The theme of this book is that a universe comes into being when a space is severed or taken apart.”
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“In this book, Mr. Spencer Brown has succeeded in doing what is very rare indeed. He has revealed a new calculus of great power and simplicity. I congratulate him.” —Bertrand Russell [quotation taken from the 1969 edition of the book]
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The latest edition (includes new material) ••• 2008 [alibris, paperback]
 
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Austrian Economics Center’s petition ••• to the EU
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Austrian Economics Center’s 2024 Road Show ••• (March 3 to May 25, coming to the USA, too)
 
Quest supportive balances among designed and spontaneous orders inspire and permit the emergence of Freeorder, a concert of civilizations fit for explorers.
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Yuriy Drohobych - a great Ukrainian medic and astronomer ••• born in Lviv (original home of Ludwig von Mises •••)
 
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Reasons for 20th Century Drop in Mortality Rates
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“Infectious Disease and Social Change” ••• — Edward H. Kass, 1971
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“The Questionable Contribution of Medical Measures to the Decline of Mortality in the United States in the Twentieth Century” —John B. Mckinlay and Sonja M. Mckinlay, 1977
 
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“How Can We Bring Down the National Security State?” by Jacob G. Hornberger, February 15, 2024
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Academy of Ideas ••• “The Parallel Society vs Totalitarianism: How to Create a Free World” ••• [youtube]
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Paul Rosenberg’s Free-Man’s Perspective & Parallel Society •••
A freeordered culture requires and rewards freeordered minds. Such minds evolve through the recognition that limits set by respect for truth and logic create and defend space within which unexpected novelty of conjecture and venture may arise. The key to emergence is carefully conceived limits. When this is understood, it is possible to “design for emergence.”
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Education: a great poem on teaching and learning ••• by Margaret Anna Alice
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“A dear mentor reached out to see if I would be willing to share a few anecdotes for her to cite during her speech at the retirement dinner of another cherished mentor. This poem is what poured out. I am sharing it with you because I believe this encapsulates what true education is about, and I feel fortunate that both these mentors and several others nurtured my intellectual curiosity; cultivated my critical thinking skills, analytical abilities, empathy, and moral courage; and challenged me to become the reader, writer, and person I am today.” —Margaret Anna Alice
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An instance of what Margaret Anna Alice’s poem is about: “The First Three Days of Socratic Practice in an Inner City Classroom: A Case Study in Changing Classroom Culture” ••• —Michael Strong’s Socratic social alchemy in action
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glyph 369 January 6, 1906, Maria Montessori, Casa de Bambini, Children's House, San Lorenzo, Italy - Michael Strong writes of Montessori, of learning in a stream of exploration flowing onward from childhood (one of the most popular of EF's glyphs)
 
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There come times in history when ordinary people begin to become interested in how to prevent their governments from stealing everything.
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/02/no_author/sorry-you-cant-have-your-gold/ by Jeff Thomas, linked by Lew Rockwell, 13 February 2023
 
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Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin
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Carlson on why this interview: https://tuckercarlson.com/why-were-in-moscow/
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Lieven, Dominic. The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution (pg. 1). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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“As much as anything, World War I turned on the fate of Ukraine. To an English-speaking audience, this statement will seem final confirmation that most professors are crazy. No Allied soldier believed he was risking his life over Ukraine. Few of them had heard of the place. The same was true of German soldiers in 1914.”
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“The great irony of World War I was that a conflict which began more than anything else as a struggle between the Germanic powers and Russia to dominate east-central Europe ended in the defeat of both sides. The dissolution of the Austrian Empire into a number of small states incapable of defending themselves left a geopolitical hole in east-central Europe.”
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“This underlines a basic point about World War I: contrary to the near-universal assumption in the English-speaking world, the war was first and foremost an eastern European conflict.”
 
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“F.A. Hayek's Foresight: Imagining Bitcoin's Unstoppable Rise Through a 'Sly, Roundabout Way’” ••• by Jaime Redman, at news.bitcoin.com, 11 February 24
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“I don’t believe that we shall ever have good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of the government. We can’t take them violently out of the hands of the government, [then] all we can do is by some sly, roundabout way [and] introduce something they can’t stop.”
🦊 Hayek was speaking to and for gothic foxes
The New World of the Gothic Fox by Claudio Véliz
 
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Tess Lawrie is an organizer of events illustrating a vital principle:
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In a body or society having a remnant of a sound immune system a life-threatening intrusion may provoke a sudden strengthening which given sufficient support can eradicate the disease.
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An immune system, biological or social, is an error detector capable of summoning life support.
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We are living among heroes who fight for our lives.
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The word “freeorder” has been used for the first time in a substantial article.
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Robert Gore, novelist, entrepreneur, and curator of “Straight Line Logic" has written a fine article on the state of the world, today, and as it may become.
Toward the end of the article Gore found it appropriate to employ the word ‘freeorder’.
'Multipolarity will proceed full steam ahead, but it won’t stop until there are 8 billion plus poles, call it multi-multipolarity. The age of the state and ostensible control is giving way to the age of the individual and instability. That doesn’t mean that order won’t eventually emerge, but it will be order based on individual sovereignty, cooperation, and voluntarily exchange, or as friend of SLL Leif Smith calls it—freeorder—“Order spontaneously emergent from the imaginations and actions of free people."'
I was glad to see this, as the word has broad application, and as it’s wide use may prove to be beneficial. It has been said that whatever is without name tends to non-existence.
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The article was reposted on Zero Hedge (2024/02/06): https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/controlled-instability
 
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The writings of Paul Rosenberg, in his “Free-Man’s Perspective” and “Parallel Society” are making a profound contribution to the emergence of freeorderhttps://freemansperspective.com
The river of ideas and “sense of life” that Ayn Rand started has been running through the world, underground. Tributaries to that river are springing up everywhere, catching some of the best young people in their currents, sweeping them into larger streams destined to make an ocean whose waters, drawn upward by the hopes of a billion suns, will bless the earth with new rain.
The wave that sweeps away authoritarian culture will be romantic. It will not be fundamentally rational or logical. Freeorder names a romantic movement in which logic is an indispensable servant of art, never forsaken, never dominant. The songs that rise among us will make a wind to sweep authoritarian opposition to oblivion.
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Objective Standard Institute conferences are inspired by the writings of Ayn Rand.
 
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Robert Gore on government by and for spoiled brats
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“Some things are simpler than they appear. During the past few years, countless words have been spilled that ask and try to answer the seemingly complex question: What in the hell is wrong with these people? How do we get Russiagate, COVID hysteria, killer vaccines, vaccine mandates, George Floyd riots, rigged elections, the January 6 travesty, Biden, the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, open borders, runaway debt, suffocating regulations and taxes, elite pedophilia, war in Ukraine, war in the Middle East, Trump’s show trials, woke, DEI, and a plagiarist puff-ball promoted to president of a once prestigious Ivy League institution?” … “government of the spoiled brats, by the spoiled brats, for the spoiled brats cannot long endure.”
 
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The damage done by the promotion and financing of ventures by government
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“It turns out that government does far more harm to a country’s economy not when it regulates and impedes, but when it subsidizes and “promotes” economic growth.” —Dr. Jerome Huyler, in his article, “Not Worth a Transcontinental: Railroading a Nation into Prosperity” ••• published in The Savvy Street ••• but found in Robert Gore’s Straight Line Logic ••• (an excellent source of writings pertinent to freeorder)
 
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A small window into the future of Africa: Kwik Pic delivery service, on chain (DePIN)
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2024-02-02 HBAR Weekly Update @09:34, interview ••• with Obasi Ifegwu, Founder
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Remember George Ayittey’s introduction of African Cheetahs? ••• Here they come.
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Applied Economics for Africa ••• by George B.N. Ayittey, PhD
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgment
1: Overview
2: The Economic Problem
3: Market Interventionism
4: The Traditional African Economy
5: The African Development Conundrum
6: The Enduring Lessons
7: The Real Obstacles to Africa’s Development
8: Fixing Africa
9: The New Development Model
10: Epilogue and Conclusions
I: The Military Scourge in Africa
II: More On Constitutional Reform
III: The Unsustainability of Rwanda’s Economic Miracle
Endnotes
About The Author
Bibliography
Index
Answers To Review Question
 
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An introduction to “Dandyism” ••• found in Contarini’s Attic •••
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Oscar Wilde ••• a dandy of impact, and an enduring exemplar.
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Contarini Fleming ••• a novel by Benjamin Disraeli
 
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“Malcolm X and the Pulse of Black History at Denver’s Hermitage Bookstore” ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott ••• [substack]
 
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Michael Yon, ex-Green Beret, now a independent journalist, in the words of Bret Weinstein, is the eyes of David in a David-Goliath battle. Yon has covered the Darien Gap extensively, and has led Bret Weinstein to take an interest. Tucker Carlson explores that with Bret here:
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I regard this as essential listening. If Bret’s hypotheses are wrong, as he suggests they may be, it would be well that they be refuted as quickly as possible. As Bret says, he hopes there may be people who will talk him off the ledge. But, if Bret’s guesses are accurate then it is urgent that something be done. This interview demonstrates a blend of scientific reluctance to draw an insufficiently grounded conclusion with fearless willingness to consider things that most people would rather not think of at all.
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This will become even more interesting when/if Tucker has Michael Yon ••• on his program.
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A question Bret leaves with us: Why during his time at Darien Gap did he not see a single journalist from a major media company? What could explain that?
 
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January 2024 - threads of freeorder
The word “freeorder” is more usefully understood as a question rather than as a name for a conclusion. The question is this: What balance, among designed and spontaneous orders, best serves human quest? A vast number of contexts exist in which this question may be explored in different ways. There will never be a single, indisputable answer. But, in the cloud of explorations worthwhile insights may emerge and be acted upon. The consequences of those actions will inspire better questions. We may expect this to go on as long as we go on. Some sources of insight into the emergence of Freeorder are recorded here.
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Twigital™ ••• Objects. Digitized. Tokenized.
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“Twigital™ (twin-digital) is a novel application that creates tokenized digital twins. These assets come in the form of 3D objects and will become the building blocks utilized to populate spatial computing environments. Twigital is thrilled to offer the first solution that facilitates the creation of such file types. We view Twigital as a core utility, an integral piece of Web3 enabled infrastructure that will help fuel the tokenized economy. The world will be tokenized, it's time to start tokenizing the world.”
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Available on the IOS (Apple) App Store only (so far). Built with Hedera.
 
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Financial Transaction Freedom: What is it, what threatens it, and how do I take action to secure it?”
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An excellent description of the characteristics of a good financial system.
 
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Toward better understanding of government mediated medical catastrophe
 
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An introduction and tribute to Ruth Skölmli and her work on sovereignty
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“Tribute to a True Sovereign” ••• by Tess Lawrie, creator of EbMCsquared
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Sovereign Natural Empowerment ••• by Ruth Skölmli
 
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EbMCsquared.org - “Advancing health and well-being for the benefit of humankind”
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There is a need:
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To evaluate and repurpose existing generic medicines in context of the Covid-19 health emergency
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For independent, objective, evaluation of interventions and policies that affect public health and safety
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To ensure scientific and ethical accountability amongst senior level decision makers
 
 
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We are bringing startup cities to Africa ••• Magatte Wade
 
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The Lost Credibility of Medical Information
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“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.” —Marcia Angell, Former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine ~thanks to Susan Schmidt, Regenerative Sciences Research •••
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The Truth About the Drug Companies ••• [amazon] Marcia Angell
 
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Robert W. Malone has been covering Milei. The above is from Malone’s substack.
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“Javier Milei at the WEF- Attacking Socialism, Defending Monopolists?” ••• Malone
 
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Paul Stamets: The Mycologist Who’s Changing the World ••• by Connor McElroy 12 Jan 24
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Think about this and the web3 network at the same time - interesting metaphors may be found.
 
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Excellent weekly overviews of what’s going on with Hedera Hashgraph
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Example from 20 October 23: The HBAR Weekly Update - Institutions...There is Only One Choice...Hedera! ••• [youtube]
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0:00 Intro
0:25 New HBAR Listing
0:43 Dropp Micropayments Plugin
2:48 Neuron / Amazon
4:56 Shark Bites
35:55 Red Swan
45:21 Abrdn - Real World Assets
53:50 Blade / Diamond Standard
58:28 Hedera Joins FINOS Foundation
1:00:04 Mance on Genfinity
1:02:56 Google Cloud Web3 Accepts Sentient
1:03:08 Messair Report
1:04:40 Network Analysis
1:05:31 Hedera NFT’s
1:07:31 Defi and Market Update
 
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A strong dose of perspective for advocates of freeorder
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The Betrayal of the American Right ••• [free download, english or spanish] by Murray N. Rothbard •••
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A subtitle, appended in retrospect, could be: “Why Politics is Not Enough”.
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The last chapter of the extended book could be: “Why a Negative Politics is Essential”.
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Negative politics avoids attempts to elect good, but instead develops capacity to continually exclude from power the greater of contending bads, whether deliberate or accidental. The furtherance of good then increasingly benefits from the growing absence of deadening bad. A powerful “yes” and an equally powerful “no” collaborate to spin the engines of emerging Freeorder.
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Perhaps not “negative”, but “reactive”? A reactive politics would be analogous to a reactive immune system, always ready to identify and reject political ideas and practices inimical to life.
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Glyph 632 Open Letter to Harry Brown - strategy for the Libertarian Party
 
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The first paragraphs of Garet Garrett’s 1952 essay, “Rise of Empire”
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We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night; the precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say: “You now are entering Imperium.” Yet it was a very old road and the voice of history was saying: “Whether you know it or not, the act of crossing may be irreversible.” And now, not far ahead, is a sign that reads: “No U-turns.”
If you say there were no frightening omens, that is true. The political foundations did not quake, the graves of the fathers did not fly open, the Constitution did not tear itself up. If you say people did not will it, that also is true. But if you say therefore it has not happened, then you have been so long bemused by words that your mind does not believe what the eye can see, even as in the jungle the terrified primitive, on meeting the lion, importuned magic by saying to himself, “He is not there.”
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From Bruce Ramsey’s edition of Garrett’s essays: Ex America: 50th Anniversary of The People's Pottage. Available in a Kindle version on Amazon or as a .pdf file without charge from the Ludwig von Mises Institute, here. The Kindle version is searchable; the .pdf will probably need to be downloaded and saved to your own machine before it can be searched. “Rise of Empire” begins on page 114.
 
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Understanding aspiring tyranny makes effective opposition possible, which consequently creates opportunities for positive ventures to further wellbeing and quest while ever more rapidly displacing pathological authority.
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Brownstone Institute ••• is a formidable source of such opposition. Brownstone just emailed this, under the heading End This Silence
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This past weekend, a former NYT journalist, the man who broke the world, penned an op-ed that called for the jailing of dissident doctors and the silencing of all critics of pandemic controls. He wants the CDC completely immune from civilian control and instead run like the Pentagon. 
His name is Donald G. McNeil. He has been pen pals with Anthony Fauci, and he exercised immense influence in the darkest time of our lives. His new book touts what he calls “public health fascism.”
We’ll offer a critique soon but you should know that none of these are idle threats. The World Economic Forum meets this week to consider how elites can use “Disease X” to extend and entrench its “great reset.” We’ve covered this week how the US government is building quarantine camps. 
The lockdowns were not a one-off but a template for the future. 
There is a means of resistance and it comes down to public enlightenment and moral courage. The only way to get there is through diligent research, education, books, and events, reaching as many people as possible. 
Brownstone Institute is dedicated to the task, and experiences daily targeting as a result. Supporting dissident minds around the world, the best people who have a real bead on the essence of the problem we face, is integral to our work. 
[a list of content recently published by Brownstone follows: see End This Silence]
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Investment in Brownstone Institute is investment in the emergence of Freeorder.
 
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Karl Popper taught us that there can be no ultimate foundation supporting science, everything is conjecture and refutation. Now we ask, can there be such a thing as a baseless culture of liberty, driven only by eternal passion for quest? In that case our position would be: “This is the best we know at present; we continue to learn.” And, our “best” is those portions of the extended comprehension of freeorder which we have been fortunate to encounter. We will point to them here. I hope to do so with increasing clarity.
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Mutual Aid Moms: “How a Facebook community of Denver moms are meeting the needs of new migrant arrivals where the city isn’t” ••• a story by Kevin Beaty ••• in The Denverite ••• [thanks to pat wagner]
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A principle of the emergence of Freeorder is to bring about gradual displacement of centralized compulsory compassion in favor of distributed voluntary compassion. This will be much easier than it may seem as that displacement would happen concurrently with massive diminution of distress following the reduction of government mediated repression of mutual aid. See the work of Thomas Sowell on state provided welfare.
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Mutual Aid, by Peter Kropotkin, inspires and instructs builders of Freeorder.
 
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“Private Libraries as Bibliophilic Paradise” ••• by Diamond-Michael Scott ••• published on his “Great Books + Great Minds” substack ••• on Jan 9, 2024 - a substantial article including many examples of private libraries
vArcher - see “Gladstone’s Library”
 
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Klaus Schwab notices libertarianism — says a lot in 45 seconds
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Question: is the above video real or fake? Confidence in any judgment begins with assurance that the information on which it is based is real, and not manufactured.
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For insight into how we will be able to answer that question, this might be helpful:
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“Safeguarding Truth in the Digital Era - Industry Leaders Tackling Misinformation with Blockchain” ••• [youtube]
 
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Shayne Higdon, HBAR Foundation, on the future of distributed ledgers (DLT) and tokenization
 
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At about 0:55 into Tucker Carlson’s interview with Bret Weinstein, Bret says:
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“Goliath made a terrible mistake and made it most egregiously during COVID, which is. It took all of the competent people. Took all of the courageous people, and it shoved them out of the institutions where they were hanging on. And it created in so doing The Dream Team. Created every player you could possibly want on your team to fight some historic battle against a terrible evil. All of those people are now at least somewhat awake. They've now been picked on by the same enemy. And yeah, all right, we're outgunned. It has a tremendous amount of power. But but we've got all of the people who know how to think. So. I hate to say it, or maybe I like to say it, but. I don't think it's a slam dunk, but I like our odds.”
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The interview: https://tuckercarlson.com/the-tucker-carlson-encounter-bret-weinstein/ — I can’t recommend this entire interview more highly. -ls
 
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity ••• [amazon] by David Graeber, 2023: “A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution―from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality―and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.” [thanks to J.D. Bertron •••]
 
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“Effectively Altruistic Techno Panic, Why Witches Cause Storms and How Not to Make Shitty AI Legislation: OpenAI's bizarre Effectively Altruistic techno panic … AI dangers real + imagined, why much of the legislation around AI is bad + how we can make much better laws” ••• by Daniel Jeffries, 22 Nov 2023 [thanks to Shannon Ewing •••]
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Jeffries here refers to regulators and those who collaborate with them to achieve advantages not available to those less favored by the regulations created: “They'll centralize power, create a monoculture of models that power every intelligent app in the world, and assign trust to people who we can't trust to act as our divine overlords.”
 
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Simple Rules for a Complex World ••• by Richard A. Epstein •••
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What kind of law and lawmaking enables and sustains freeorder?
 
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This morning, walking through the grounds of the school at Lake Perinel, I met a groundskeeper, who said: “I woke thinking of the amazing patience exhibited by Hayek as he advises us to wait for Being to reveal itself, as made possible by our voluntary abstention from choking it with endless brilliantly woven nooses of Isings.” - This seemed baffling, but it did make me think of maps and territories. Maybe I’ll understand if I think in those terms.
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“Mission Creeps: Culture Warriors that Cry Wolf: One cause of political movement overreach” ••• Robert W. Malone, 30 Dec 23 [possibly for paid subscribers]
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‘… self-appointed vanguards of their own “revolutionary” narratives repeatedly destroy legitimate protest and resistance movements from within, and again and again throughout history turn on their colleagues through this process of ratcheting radical purity tests which primarily act to delegitimize those working to recruit a critical mass of supporters.’
 
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December 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
hiroshige-firefoxes-2023
New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji — Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857
The New World of the Gothic Fox by Claudio Véliz
 
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On the Return of the Sun - inspired by the solstice
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I might write as if I am a Roman in the last days of the fifth century, anticipating and describing the rise of the Anglosphere1 a thousand years later, hopeful, and strongly enough believing in humanity to foresee the eventual resurrection of the best of old Greece and Rome, preparing the ground for new civilization.
But, this time we are not only post-Romans, this time we follow the first instantiation of the Anglosphere, and are therefore armed with knowledge and skills that can be used to catalyze the explosive emergence of Freeorder2. We hold not only tools of economics and politics, but also tools of human transformation. It is as if we have at once the knowledge of mechanics and energy, and so are prepared to launch the age of steam.
We have more than those early rebuilders of lost civilization: We have what might be described in an annotated bibliography for an as yet unwritten book explaining civilizational catalysts and accelerants now at hand: The Emergence of Freeorder: What do we know so far?
1. Anglosphere refers to a set of economic and political ideas common to English speaking countries. It’s not about genetics or race. Contributions from many civilizations entered into its evolution. See The Anglosphere Challenge, by James C. Bennett; Islam and the Discovery of Freedom, by Rose Wilder Lane; The New World of the Gothic Fox, by Claudio Véliz; China, Japan, Europe and the Anglo-Sphere: A Comparative Analysis, by Alan Macfarlane.
2. Freeorder names what works for explorers, within each of us, and among us. The word combines “free”, meaning unconstrained by threats of physical force or the demands of dogma and intellectual system, and “order”, meaning an arrangement of things from which we may form useful expectations. A more formal use of freeorder would be, “freeorder names quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders.” See chapter 2, “Cosmos and Taxis”, of Law, Legislation and Liberty, by F. A. Hayek. The word is applicable to individual minds, groups, organizations, and cultures.
 
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Seedfolks, a remarkable book, short, simple, interesting, profound, inspiring, begining here: “A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. Especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care.” Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, illustrating three seeds of freeorder: individual initiative, unorganized good will, and emergent order.
 
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"Thus, evolution has not hard-coded a set of specific movements that reliably turn standard tadpoles into standard frogs: instead, the genome specifies a cellular collective with massive plasticity, which executes rearrangements until the correct target morphology is achieved.” —Michael Levin
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https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00223-3 [thanks to hollis danvers for this link]
 
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A movie trailer for the book, Atlas Shrugged: https://www.atlassociety.org/atlas-shrugged produced by The Atlas Society •••
 
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Reflections on the world situation, each written by someone contributing to the emergence of Freeorder.
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Paul Rosenberg, creator, writer, and editor of “Free-Man’s Perspective” •••
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“A New Model: Regardless of what we might call mega-government and the associated mega-destructions of the 20th century, humanity has not been overcome and will not be. We are conscious, self-referential beings, able to create at will and to correct our course; all healthy humans are capable of these things. Beyond that, humans enjoy the act of creation very deeply. A passage from a business consultant named Gary Hamil illustrates this very well: Continue reading
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Charles Eisenstein •••
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“Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze. –Carl Sagan”
“The human collective has in the last several years transitioned into a new stage of its birth process.
I will draw from Stanislav Grof’s concept of perinatal matrices, a four-stage description of the psychodynamics of birth.” — https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/time-to-push
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Thanks to Shannon Ewing ••• for drawing my attention to Eisenstein. -ls
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Sean Gabb ••• writer, speaker, teacher, important in the development of English libertarianism
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Christmas Letter, 2023 •••
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Robert Gore, creator and editor of Straight Line Logic (“never underestimate the power of a question”) and author of The Gray Radiance ••• a novel published December 2023
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Ants at the Picnic, Part 1 ••• Part 2 •••
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SJ, a special ops fighter who survived Vietnam, highly improbably, addresses the wish to give up and retreat into illusory safety
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“Yup. Definitely time to stick our heads in the sand and let the current commie government use our asses as they see fit... Not!” Of one such SJ wrote: “Tell him for me: Buckup buttercup! Your only easy day was yesterday. Each and every new day is an adventure, a blessing and a challenge. Some days are more challenging than others but that is why we rise and shine.”
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America 3.0 ••• [amazon] James C. Bennett & Michael J. Lotus, 2013
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Reviewed ••• by Tanner Greer, of The Scholar’s Stage •••
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Leif Smith, editor of this page
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See above, “On the Return of the Sun”
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And see, below, a great speech, “Permissionless”, by Erik Voorhees, the founder of ShapeShift ••• a decentralized crypto exchange, and one of the most important voices in crypto.
 
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Erik Voorhees on “Permissionless” ••• [youtube] the essence of liberty. This is what Mark Miller (see below) and his fellow builders of Freeorder made possible. And now, tens of thousands, or millions, are continuing that work. Erick Voorhees is one of them. He says, “We are saying ‘no’ to the perpetual existence of permissioned existence.”
 
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Nick Giambruno ••• on Mark Miller’s contribution to the emergence of Freeorder.
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“A Preemptive Strike Against an Orwellian Future” •••
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“If I disappear, make sure this gets out.”
That’s what Mark Miller, a young student at Yale, told his closest friends.
He knew what he was sitting on had revolutionary potential and that powerful people had disappeared others for much less.
Miller was steadfast. He wanted to get this information out, even if it was over his dead body.
In 1977, a group of brilliant researchers at MIT made an astonishing discovery—public-key cryptography.
 
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J.D. Bertron to friends of BqETH ••• [excerpted]
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NuCypher/Threshold [https://blog.threshold.network/what-is-threshold/] has released their technology and is slowly building up the network of nodes that will ultimately ensure the security of BqETH secrets. … As Erik Voorhees recently explained [“Permissionless”, see above] A.I. cannot use the conventional, linear money of today, mired with terrestrial constraints, it will have to use crypto in some form. The resilience of such systems will depend on the resilience of their money and its safeguards.
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BqETH is decentralized crypto inheritance & a weapon of mass disclosure.
 
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Libre Solutions Network: digital autonomy and the arts
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“Art is the expression of the human soul, with it’s value being largely in the eye of the beholder. Corporations and governments can imitate art, or mass produce it with financial advantages, but they can’t compete with genuine creativity borne from real passion and real experiences. Tyranny isn’t beautiful, and slavery isn’t inspiring. When given a choice, people will naturally choose the free and beautiful over the rigid and stagnant. As freedom loving people it is absolutely vital for us to encourage, support and fund ventures to provide people the opportunity to enjoy pro-human media and creative works.” – https://libresolutions.network/videos/arts/
 
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Karl Fogel, “The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World” •••
 
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Implementation of a multitude of independent servers always coordinated through one metaweb might provide the basis for interweaving many ∮forge ••• (freeorder generators).
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Mastadon ••• [wikipedia] introduced through Brewster Kahle’s pages •••
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Nostr ••• a decentralized social network with a chance of working
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A simple, open protocol that enables a truly censorship-resistant and global social network.
 
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Brewster Kahle’s Wikipedia page ••• founder of Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine
 
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Dorothy Thompson’s Political Guide: A Study of American Liberalism and Its Relationship to Modern Totalitarian States ••• [bookscouter.com] a magnificent work, originally published by Stackpole Sons, 1938, and republished by Hassell Street Press ••• an imprint of Creative Media Partners ••• who write:
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. [true -ls]
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Available on Anna’s Archives ••• [thompson’s book] The largest truly open library in human history. ⭐️ Mirrors Sci-Hub, LibGen, Z-Lib, and more. 📈 25,207,653 books, 99,425,826 papers — preserved forever. Learn more…
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This is a digitized copy of the original Stackpole edition of 1938, in which is found:“For the privilege of using material in this book the publishers are grateful to the editors of good
HOUSEKEEPING and THE LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL”
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The digitized copy contains this acknowledgement: “Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2029 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation ••• Brewster Kahle •••
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Stackpole Books ••• [wikipedia]
 
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“Meet the First American Journalist to Interview Hitler—and the First Expelled From Nazi Germany
Dorothy Thompson deserves to be far better remembered than she presently is.”
 
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Someday a venture may be created with the purpose to do what can be done so that in one billion years, in some part of the AI diaspora, the music of Bach and Beethoven will be understood, felt, and loved. Will that venture be created by us, by AI alone, or through a collaboration?
 
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Gary Hamel explores freeorder in business management as found at Morning Star ••• one of the word’s largest tomato processing companies.
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“First, Let’s Fire All the Managers” ••• [harvard business review, 2011]
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Hamel does not use the word freeorder, but it fits.
 
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Max Borders writes ••• about Chris Rufer, the founder and leader of Morning Star (tomato paste)
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“The Man Who Built a Bossless Tomato Empire: Chris Rufer is an entrepreneur whose singular focus and unrelenting commitment to growth has created a tomato-paste empire ••• without bosses.”
 
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Dr. Peter McCullough Criticizes by Creating ••• posting a paper showing that Covid can be treated with inexpensive “unauthorized” drugs and methods
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This paper could be taken as a response from Dr. McCullough to authorities who attempted to destroy his and his colleagues careers and reputations. In many cases, and in his, Dr. Pierre Kory’s, and Dr. Paul Marik’s, that destruction has been complete, and to me, clearly, it was carried out in response to the use and recommendation of the treatments studied in the following paper. Why was that done? Who benefited?
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Dr. McCullough’s introduction to the paper, 10 Dec 2023, “Critical appraisal of multidrug therapy in the ambulatory management of patients with COVID-19 and hypoxemia” is online here: https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/critical-appraisal-of-multi-drug
 
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In 1954, The Caxton Printers, Ltd., published a new revised and enlarged edition of Rose Wilder Lane’s Give Me Liberty, first seen as a shorter article, “Credo”, published in the March 7, 1936 edition of Saturday Evening Post. Caxton’s introduction:
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In GIVE ME LIBERTY, Rose Wilder Lane has expanded her sensational Saturday Evening Post leading article, "Credo." This was the first candid, personal account of the changing of an American's mind, from an uncritical acceptance of solialist-communist-New Deal philosophy to an understanding of American values.
To the many Americans who are still confused, and to all young Americans, Mrs. Lane's experience is fascinating and profoundly helpful. She describes vividly her friendliness with Communists in New York, her enlightening encounters with socialist bureaucracies in Europe, and her observations and discussions with simple villagers and primitive communists in Russia during the early years of the Soviet regime. One finds laughter, surprise, excitement, and shock in this personal story. It will grip and hold any reader's interest.
As one reads on, the deeper meaning emerges. The conflict between the Old World's ancient and now reactionary collectivism and America's new and unique individualism becomes clear. Mrs. Lane and her readers come to understand the rarity and the supremely precious values of the personal freedom which only Americans have ever known, the freedom which we have foolishly taken for granted, and which we could loose.
 
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Commons & Contracts ••• The Evolution of Peer-to-Peer and Community Governance w/ Michel Bauwens and Max Borders —Niklas Anzinger’s Stranded Technologies ••• 9 Dec 23
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Niklas Anzinger ••• Michel Bauwens ••• Max Borders •••
 
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F. W. Maitland’s contribution to the idea of freeorder
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Alan Macfarlane” on FELLOWSHIP AND TRUST — https://alanmacfarlane.com/TEXTS/FELLOW.pdf (the entire document)
 
In his consideration of the balance of liberty, equality and wealth through time, Maitland had effectively demolished one side of the famous nineteenth century dichotomy which was the basis of most thought on the evolution of societies. He had shown that not all civilizations had started in a world where individuals were embedded within the community, where contract was entirely subordinate to status, and where hierarchy and patriarchy were universal. Yet his magnificent achievement would be incomplete if he were to be unable to re-construct the other end of the famous supposed transformation. He needed to re-think the nature of the modern world as supposedly constituted by contract, individualism and absolute equality.
 
In the last few years of his life, Maitland sketched out a plan for how this re-thinking might be done. He died without implementing the scheme in detail. But we can see in his hints the way in which he finally reconciled those great contradictions which he had wrestled with in his youthful fellowship dissertation on liberty and equality, namely how Adam Smith's 'self love' and 'social love' could be harmonized, and how Tocqueville's problem of how to reconcile equality with liberty could be achieved. Maitland did this through an exploration of what he came to believe was the greatest of all English legal contributions to the world, the Trust. This was an institution born by accident, not from Roman law, but which became the third great principle of social organization in the world, standing on the same level as Status and Contract. It was the Trust and the trust which it engendered which provided the foundations for modern liberty, wealth and equality.
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The above is from: Alan Macfarlane, The Making of the Modern World: Visions from the West and East (Palgrave, London, 2002)
 
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Virus Response, Testimony of Robert W. Malone, 4 Dec 23, UK Parliament
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"The expert testimony at the invitation of MP Andrew Bridgen in the UK parliament yesterday was important.
"The room was overflowing with people. Many members of Parliament and Lords showed up to listen. The testimony given by myself as well as other scientists and physicians was science based, truthful and accurate."
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Let’s add this to our bins of material for “Truth Mills” in whatever form they may appear.
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On truth mills see chapter 13 of K. Eric Drexler’s Engines of Creation, the book that introduced nanotechnology and told us the importance of developing foresight.
 
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Israel and Palestine
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and Daniel Barenboim’s message:
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The Arava Institute: https://arava.org/
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Max Borders on “The Death of Ideology” •••
 
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China: respiratory illness in children
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Chinese research shows vitamin A deficiency. The WHO press release ••• does no tell us this. But it does recommend vaccination. Dr. John Campbell ••• [facebook] covers the Chinese research ••• [youtube]
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Why no mention of vitamin A?
 
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November 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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“The Power of Independent Thought In A Divisive World: The act of thinking for oneself is a profoundly powerful yet underutilized faculty of the human mind” ••• by Demi Pietchell’s ••• [facebook] The Starfire Codes ••• [substack]
 
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“Afuera!” Everyone’s new favorite word! A short lesson in political science by Javier Milei, Argentina. —https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/sunday-strip-death-taxes-and-gun [scroll down a little to find a short Milei video and a Milei meme]
 
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Bettina Brentano ••• by Jan Swafford •••
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“She was Beethoven's inspiration, Goethe's companion and caught the eye of Napoleon. But many still regard Bettina Brentano as a fraud, says Jan Swafford”
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‘”Who," asked Napoleon Bonaparte, "is that fuzzy young person?" She was Elisabeth Brentano, known simply as Bettina. Actually, Napoleon was not among her conquests, nor was he her type.
She did not jump into his lap, as she did with Goethe, or croon her name into his ear, as with Beethoven, or go for intimate walks, as with Karl Marx. Napoleon did not dedicate a battle to her, as Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms dedicated songs and the Grimms an edition of their fairy tales. But, even at a distance, Bettina Brentano drew comment.” —Jan Swafford
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Did she write this for Beethoven?
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"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am the Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken. When they have again become sober they have drawn from the sea all that they can bring to dry land ... music is the incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."
 
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Johannes Brahms: A Biography ••• [goodreads, contains links to kindle] by Jan Swafford
 
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BqETH ••• “a weapon of mass disclosure” -J.D. Berton, creator of BqETH
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What could happen if, before their death or disappearance, anyone could have set a simple tool to release a secret to which access or key had been given to no one?” A new kind of “deadman” switch.
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Also a new way to safeguard the passage of digital wealth from one generation to the next.
 
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Bourke Engines
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The Bourke Engine ••• [david s. wolfe] “The Bourke Engine runs on an incredibly lean air/fuel ratio! It produces more horsepower and torque per pound of fuel than any other piston engine in history! It has only 2 moving parts! The oil never has to be replaced! It runs very quiet! It runs much cooler than conventional engines and produces much more power due to its extremely high thermal efficiency! Perhaps the most efficient piston engine ever invented!"
Bourke-Engine-gif
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Eternal Engines ••• a new Bourke Engine by Sky Huddleston: “Eternal Engines is developing a new generation of efficient, scalable, and modular scotch-yoke engines predicated upon the Bourke engine, fully modernized for the 21st century and beyond.”
 
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The story ••• [simon & schuster, publishers] of Elon Musk, SpaceX, Tesla, by Walter Isaackson ••• [goodreads]
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Reviewed ••• by Virginia Postrel ••• author of The Fabric of Civilization •••
 
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Risk Management on a new frontier, opportunity zones and new domiciles
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Nick Anzinger interviews ••• Matthew Queen on Pillars of Modern Risk Management: Insurance, the Impact of Regulation and New Domiciles
 
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‘”Influenza" Case Mortality Data from 1918 Pandemic. Homeopathy 1.035% compared to Regulars 30-50%.’ ••• by Just Call Me Jack, editor of Totality of Evidence ••• substack
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Totality of Evidence ••• about the 2020-2023 pandemic
 
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Liberty International ••• We love liberty
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“Established in 1969, Liberty International is the oldest organization promoting libertarianism worldwide. With our presence in 27 countries, LI has successfully promoted libertarian ideas and fostered a global network of freedom champions …”
 
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Vitaliy Katsenelson writes ••• of Bach’s Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
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“I have to admit that a love for Bach’s music is fairly new to me. I felt Baroque music lacked emotion and was somewhat boring. Then one day I was perusing YouTube and stumbled on a video of Glenn Gould playing Bach’s Concerto No. 1 in D Minor. I don’t know if it was Gould or Bach, but I was mesmerized by this piece and listened to it nonstop for a week. This was Glenn Gould’s first public performance. He is introduced to the world by the one and only Leonard Bernstein, who is also conducting the concerto.”
 
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Monetary Metals Leases Gold to Istanbul Gold Refinery •••
 
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The Daily Beast has just done a good deed for Peter McCullough’s Wellness Company.
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The Wellness Company: https://www.twc.health
 
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Gonzalo Schwartz, President and CEO of Archbridge Institute ••• writes: “… I’m excited to share a new website devoted to showcasing our annual American Dream Survey project, which we released earlier this year. What's exciting—and why I told you my story—is that the website includes interactive maps featuring responses to two new questions: What is your American Dream? And who is helping you achieve it? I hope you enjoy reading the answers as much as I did.
‘I’m also excited to share the release of the book, The Heart of a Cheetah, by my great friend Magatte Wade, who is living her own American Dream trying to lift barriers to human flourishing in her native Africa and bringing prosperity to the region. I will have a review soon, but in the meantime, I encourage everyone to get a copy.”
 
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David Hock provides this excerpt from the website of midwesterndoctor.com
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“… as detailed in The War on Ivermectin, there were 80 lawsuits where families with a relative being subjected to Fauci’s hospital COVID protocols and was expected to die had lawyer Ralph Lorigo sue the hospital for ivermectin to be administered to their relative. Of those 80 lawsuits, in 40 the judge sided with the family, and in 40 with the hospital. Of the 40 cases where ivermectin was given, 38 of the 40 patients survived. Of the 40 cases where the hospitals were allowed to withhold ivermectin, 2 of the 40 patients survived. This should have been a sign to consider using ivermectin but instead the hospitals banded together to develop a robust legal strategy to prevent any future lawsuits from succeeding. This in my eyes clearly illustrates the degree to which hospitals prioritize profits over patients.” — midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-many-dangers-of-spinal-surgery
 
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“Gaza vs. Ukraine: A Tale of Two Wars” ••• by Vasco Kohlmayer, 15 Nov 23, at his Substack: Notes from the Twilight Zone •••
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Recommendations of different opinions are welcome. “Freeorder” poses a question; it does not state a position. -ls
 
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Dr. Pierre Kory interviewed ••• by Jason James on Brave New Normal (BNN) •••
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Dr. Kory is being described by the usual information sources as a quack, an extremest, etc. This should give you some inkling that he may be saying true things that need to be heard. Please listen to some of this interview and decide what you think. -ls
 
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Regenerating a Forest ••• [mercola] with video
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‘Under the theory of “minimal interference,” Wilson and others embraced the presence of an exotic native “weed” called gorse to turn pastureland into a thriving forest. Gorse, which is hated and considered a nuisance by pastural farmers, helped regenerate forests by providing a canopy for native forest plants to grow and thrive’
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“MycoRestoration of Abandoned Logging Roads” ••• Paul Stamets, 25 Jun 2023
 
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McCullough Foundation Mission Statement (first two paragraphs)
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McCullough Foundation is dedicated to the proposition that a government of the people, by the people, for the people, can only exist if the people are educated about health, disease, and public health policies. As James Madison, author of the U.S. Constitution remarked: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.”
As we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, our deep-seated fear of deadly infectious disease makes us very susceptible to manipulation by public health officials (often in league with undeclared commercial interests) who invoke emergency power with the purported objective of protecting us. Thus, our fear of infectious disease can be exploited by unscrupulous public officials in the same way our fear of foreign invaders has been used by dictators and tyrants throughout history. Again, to quote James Madison: “The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”
 
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October 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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Question to readers: Is the word “freeorder” important? If it is, why?
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A Conversation with (AI) F. A. Hayek about freeorder •••
 
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“Version 4 ••• of the rapidly growing Startup Societies Landscape” - Niklas Anzinger, who says, “This time it’s an interactive map.”
Startup-Societies-Landscape-4.0
 
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“The Richest Poor Person in History: My great-grandmother lived from 1901 to 2005. A day in her life was no doubt hard but also full of beauty and dignity. What she witnessed in her lifetime is stunning.” ••• [Max’s substack] by Max Borders
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If anyone can get this to Selena Zito, or Robert W. Malone, please do it.” -ls
 
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About The Whole Earth Catalog, by Robert W. Malone
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The genius of Stewart Brand and his fellows. Some of it persists today.
 
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A recorded conversation between John Leake and Pascal Najadi.
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Najadi was a co-founder of the World Economic Forum, but now wants to abolish it.
 
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Freeorder is evolving in business management
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“First Let’s Fire All the Managers” ••• by Gary Hamel. A version of this article appeared in the December 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review.
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This appears towards the end of the article: “Wouldn’t it be terrific if we could get the freedom and flexibility of an open market with the control and coordination of a tightly knit hierarchy?”
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The above quotation suggests freeorder, as it would be applied to the management of organizations.
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Gary Hamel is on the faculty of the London Business School and is a cofounder of the Management Lab, an organization that builds technology and tools to support breakthrough management innovation. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the world's most influential business thinker, Professor Hamel’s landmark books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. They include The Future of Management and What Matters Now. Learn more at GaryHamel.com and, to find out about Gary's newest book, visit Humanocracy.com. —Amazon
 
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“It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.” —Jacques Barzun
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Quoted on page 3 of Hulsey, T. L., The Constitution of Non-State Government: Field Guide to Texas Secession ••• [shotwell] Shotwell Publishing LLC. Kindle Edition.
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“The bumptious project of this book is to return to two fateful crossroads in the history of the West and offer a comprehensive course correction to guide the inevitable secession of Texas from the larger former republic. These two fateful crossroads were between Grotius and Althusius in the 17th century, and St. Augustine of Hippo and Pelagius in the 5th century.” —from Hulsey’s “Preface”
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Review ••• by Perrin Lovett, as commentary on Max Border’s Underthrow: How Jefferson's Dangerous Idea Will Spark a New Revolution •••
 
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Paul Cezanne ••• [christies] “The father of modern art: An overview of the French painter who paved the way for Cubism and Fauvism, illustrated with highlights from the Museum Langmatt on offer at Christie's this November.”
 
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There has been a request for “the canonical definition of freeorder”
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The canonical definition unites Hayek’s concepts with the notion of quest:
freeorder names quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders.
And, not specifically Hayekian:
freeorder is what’s good for explorers.
freeorder is what’s good for explorers, within each of us, and among us.
freeorder: is a name for “Order spontaneously emergent from the imaginations
and actions of free people.”
A critical point: all action depends on expectation. Awareness of freeorder changes expectations. Your work on underthrow does that.
freeorder —> Freeorder : asserts that pursuit of quest enhancing balances among designed and spontaneous orders, a pursuit iterated at everylevel, everywhere, everytime, will progressively approach better states, as judged by the standard of quest.
Answers to questions about best balance are judged by a standard that is profoundly individualistic, rooted in characteristics that are essential ground for anything we would care to call civilization. The word freeorder assumes a lot — perhaps enough to put collectivists on the defensive.
Freeorder, in upper case, indicates reality to come; freeorder, in italics, indicates the vision/concept/process by which the real comes to be.
freeorder & underthrow (used by Max Borders ••• in his excellent writings)
freeorder (process) —underthrow (action)—> Freeorder (result)
(the above flow applies internally, as epistemological, psychological, and aesthetic processes,
and externally (within organizations, cultures, and civilizations)
The word may also be used in many grammatical forms, even as an exhortation: freeorder!
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The request for a “canonical definition of freeorder” foundered on uncertainty about the use of the word quest. That may be repaired by this definition:
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Quest is used to name a growing pattern of explorations, within an individual, an organization, or a culture, which with passage of time, and partially without conscious direction, combine into a story someone is pleased to own and sustain.
This standard of judgement allows questions in the form of: In this case what is the best balance among the designed and spontaneous orders which it is within our power to change? and what do we need to do to shift the balance in that direction?
Such questions open paths of inquiry leading to great thinkers, artists, and practitioners, among whom are many important to the understanding of freeorder.
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A closely related definition of quest occurs here — https://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/342.html — in which quest is linked with a kind of expectation called resonance.
🦊 calling gothic foxes
(The New World of the Gothic Fox, by Claudio Véliz)
 
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Dr. Naomi Wolf, on Israel & Palestine: “Grief Enough for All : Fragments from Time in Israel and Palestine
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I wrote to Pat Wagner: “This is good”; Pat replied: “Better than good - impressive. Favorite line in the article: ‘I have always wanted to know all sides.” -ls
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The Arava Institute’s “Statement, October 9th” •••
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Daniel Barenboim: “Our Message Must Be Stronger Than Ever" ••• 13Oct23
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra ••• founded by Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim in 1999
 
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Why is Africa Poor? —Magatte Wade
 
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A simple way to introduce freeorder is as a name for “Order spontaneously emergent from the imaginations and actions of free people.” Then make the point that such order is often superior to any that could be produced by a central source of commands.
 
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A forthcoming book from Robert Gore, The Gray Radiance — Amazon book description
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Shadows Within Shadows
 
Nick Wozniak never knew his father, who died during World War II under mysterious circumstances. Nick’s determination to solve that mystery takes him to Europe, Asia, and a remote refuge called Solitude. The quest involves dangerous secrets the U.S. government wants to stay secret…forever.
 
Nick finds himself in a confusing land during a confusing time. His allies are on the other side of the world. A beautiful violin virtuoso warns him not to fall in love with her. A ruthless and brilliant adversary’s psychological ploys take him to the breaking point. Nick repeatedly risks his life and confronts questions that have bedeviled the U.S. for decades.
 
Will Nick discover the truth about his father? Will he discover the truth about his country and its government? Order your copy of the The Gray Radiance and discover a novel that won’t let you go, even after you’ve finished it!
 
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Chamath Palihapitiya’s comments ••• on Trump’s policies vs Trump’s personality, and on the ill consequences of the rejection of policies because of dislike of the messenger. An astonishing set of statements considering its source. Palihapitiya played an important part in the development of Facebook, a story told in Steven Levy’s Facebook: The Inside Story.
 
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Nostr ••• is a decentralized social network with a chance of working — a simple, open protocol that enables a truly censorship-resistant and global social network
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Why we need Nostr •••
 
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Contarini’s Attic ••• will be locked until 2024, but still may be visited if you have a key. If you are reading this you probably will be allowed in.
 
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‘Dr Andrew Wakefield was right all along. His research on vaccine harms was "just the beginning". Was an "ethically challenged man" recruited to keep him quiet?’ —Dr Tess Lawrie, MBBCH, PhD​
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theresa-Lawrie
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https://www.e-bmc.co.uk/ — The Evidence Based Medicine Consultancy, LTD
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https://substack.com/@drtesslawrie
 
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The power of art, story, music — written with the help of the AI, Bard
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Question to AI Bard: Who wrote about the single line, drawn by a great artist, that captured the essence of the horse?
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The person who wrote about the single line, drawn by a great artist, that captured the essence of the horse is Charles Dudley Warner.
In his 1883 book Backlog: Studies in Literature and Life, Warner writes:
A great artist once drew a single line on a canvas and said, "That is a horse." It was a horse. Every line of the animal's body was suggested by that single stroke.
Warner does not name the artist, but the story is often attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. However, there is no evidence that da Vinci ever drew such a line, and the story is likely apocryphal.
Nevertheless, the story is a powerful reminder that a single line can be used to capture the essence of a thing. It is also a reminder of the power of art to suggest more than it explicitly depicts.
In the context of the horse, the single line could represent the animal's grace, power, and freedom. It could also represent the horse's strong bond with humans. Whatever it represents, the single line is a reminder of the horse's beauty and majesty.
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Question to AI Bard: What was “the face that launched a thousand ships?"
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The face that launched a thousand ships is a reference to Helen of Troy, a figure in Greek mythology. Helen was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and her abduction by Paris, the prince of Troy, sparked the Trojan War.
The phrase "the face that launched a thousand ships" is first used in Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus (1604). In the play, the magician Faustus conjures up Helen of Troy, and exclaims:
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.
The phrase has since become a popular idiom, used to describe someone who is so beautiful or desirable that they can cause great upheaval.
It is important to note that the face of Helen of Troy is never actually described in Greek mythology. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey focus on the war itself, and Helen is portrayed as a complex and ambiguous figure. However, the idea of Helen as a woman of unparalleled beauty has persisted throughout history.
The phrase "the face that launched a thousand ships" is a reminder of the power of beauty, and the ways in which it can be both destructive and creative.
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Question (but not to AI Bard): What are examples of stories that launched a thousand ventures?"
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For some, The Fountainhead, for others, Atlas Shrugged, both by Ayn Rand.
Think of her sketch, in Atlas, of the impossible “Galt’s Gulch” as the literary equivalent of the line that evoked the essence of “horse”, leaving an emotional track in many a person who went on to do great work, and who, through the years, perhaps fearing ridicule, buried the memory of how it began."
Ayn Rand may be thought of as a Helen of Troy.
Carefully, please. For perspective, read Karl Popper, Ludwig von Mises, Michael Polanyi, Alfred Korzybski, F. A. Hayek, Doris Lessing, Emma Goldman, Murray Rothbard, and many others.
 
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The wave that sweeps away authoritarian culture will be romantic. It will not be fundamentally rational or logical. Freeorder names a romantic movement in which logic is an indispensable servant of art, never forsaken, never dominant. The songs that rise among us will make a wind to sweep authoritarian opposition to oblivion.
 
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The Sir John Soanes Museum, London, introduced here ••• in the substack “Contarini’s Attic”.
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Contarini is the leading character in a novel by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
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Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, the residence of Sir John Soane ... With graphic illustrations and incidental details - https://archive.org/details/gri_descriptiono00soan/page/n23/mode/2up
 
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Robert W. Malone, in his substack entry ••• for 8 October, provides a comment on and transcript from the movie, “My Dinner with André”:
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Comment:‘“The movie “My dinner with Andre” (1981) is over forty years old… Jill and I first watched this film when we were in our early 20s. It may be one key reason why we have spent our entire adult lives unwilling to buy into “the system”, and why I took to Mattias Desmet’s “Mass Formation” hypothesis like a duck to water.’ [note: Malone worked in the very heart of the system for many years, but when he began drawing attention to problems with the mRNA vaccines (which his own patents enabled) he was expelled from the system like a virus. -ls]
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Transcript:
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Wally: Well, why...why do you think that is? I mean, why is that, I mean, is it just because people are...are lazy today, or they're bored? I mean, are we just like bored, spoiled children who've just been lying in the bathtub all day just playing with their plastic duck, and now they're just thinking, "Well, what can I do?"
Andre: Okay. Yes. We're bored. We're all bored now. But has it every occurred to you, Wally, that the process that creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating, unconscious form of brainwashing created by a world totalitarian government based on money? And that all of this is much more dangerous than one thinks. And it's not just a question of individual survival, Wally, but that somebody who's bored is asleep? And somebody who's asleep will not say "no"?
Andre: See, I keep meeting these people, I mean, uh, just a few days ago I met this man whom I greatly admire, he's a Swedish physicist, Gustav Björnstrand, and he told me that he no longer watches television, he doesn't read newspapers, and he doesn't read magazines. He's completely cut them out of his life because he really does feel that we're living in some kind of Orwellian nightmare now, and that everything that you hear now contributes to turning you into a robot.
Andre: And when I was at Findhorn, I met this extraordinary English tree expert who had devoted his life to saving trees. Just got back from Washington, lobbying to save the redwoods, he's 84 years old, and he always travels with a backpack cause he never knows where he's gonna be tomorrow. And when I met him at Findhorn, he said to me, "Where are you from?" and I said, "New York." He said, "Ah, New York. Yes, that's a very interesting place. Do you know a lot of New Yorkers who keep talking about the fact that they want to leave, but never do?" And I said, "Oh, yes." And he said, "Why do you think they don't leave?" I gave him different banal theories. He said, "Oh, I don't think it's that way at all."
Andre: He said, "I think that New York is the new model for the new concentration camp, where the camp has been built by the inmates themselves, and the inmates are the guards, and they have this pride in this thing they've built. They've built their own prison. And so they exist in a state of schizophrenia where they are both guards and prisoners, and as a result, they no longer have, having been lobotomized, the capacity to leave the prison they've made or to even see it as a prison." And then he went into his pocket, and he took out a seed for a tree and he said, "This is a pine tree." He put it in my hand and he said, "Escape before it's too late."
Andre: See, actually, for two or three years now, Chiquita and I have had this very unpleasant feeling that we really should get out. That we really should feel like Jews in Germany in the late thirties. Get out of here. Of course, the problem is where to go, cause it seems quite obvious that the whole world is going in the same direction. See, I think it's quite possible that the 1960s represented the last burst of the human being before he was extinguished and that this is the beginning of the rest of the future now, and that, from now on there'll simply be all these robots walking around, feeling nothing, thinking nothing. And there'll be nobody left almost to remind them that there once was a species called a human being, with feelings and thoughts, and that history and memory are right now being erased, and soon nobody will really remember that life existed on the planet.
 
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Jazz Leadership’s Online Adventure ••• Jewel Kinch-Thomas
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For the past eighteen months we’ve been creating an online platform of our model that individuals, teams, and organizations can use as a self-paced learning resource to better confront Challenge, Conflict, and Competition.
 
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JazzStories: Jazz and the Cold War
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During The Cold War with the Soviet Union, the United States had a secret weapon: Willis Conover's "Jazz Hour," carried on the shortwave radio signals of The Voice of America across Russia and Eastern Europe. Starting in 1955 and running for over forty years, "Jazz Hour" nurtured generations of jazz musicians who grew up under the restrictions of Communism. On this edition of Jazz Stories we hear Willis Conover and two outstanding jazz musicians, Czech bassist George Mraz and Russian trumpeter Valery Ponomarev - both of whom learned about jazz from his broadcasts. 
 
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A Conversation with (AI) F. A. Hayek about freeorder •••
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Conducted through Adnan Abbasi’s Thothica.com
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At the start of the conversation AI Hayek is offered a definition of the word, freeorder. He is then asked if he thinks F.A. Hayek would find the word useful, and if it would satisfy his failed search for a word to properly define his position.
 
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Pierre Kory, MD, MPA, 6 October 2023, published another op-ed ••• trying to call attention to the exploding rates of death amongst young, working-age Americans. Dr. Kory writes:
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With the investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer, we are again trying to get the public and government's attention to focus on the "inexplicable" (yeah right) rates of death still being recorded.
I really don’t know how much worse it can get yet still be ignored by health and governmental authorities the world over. But it is bad, like really bad, and it ain’t just the U.S. John Campbell and Ed Dowd and MP Andrew Bridgen are trying to do the same with the insane excess mortality rates being measured in the U.K. In a rare “win,” Andrew told me that he has successfully scheduled a hearing on UK’s excess mortality in the House of Commons (a hearing that they scheduled for the aptly named “graveyard shift” (i.e. last spot of the day on a Friday when all the MP’s try to get out of dodge).
I don’t know what else to do but.. to keep trying. Here is our latest attempt, published in the Washington Examiner
 
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Liberty in Our Lifetime, conference, 14-15 October 2023, Prague, and Online
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‘Discover the rapidly growing Free Cities movement at the Liberty in Our Lifetime conference. The event is your chance to dive into the captivating world of Free Cities: self-governing territories that are committed to upholding individual rights and freedoms. Our rich two-day program on the theme “opt in to freedom” will feature 14 Free Cities projects that span Europe, the Americas and Africa. There will also be talks on Flag Theory, AI, longevity and other fascinating topics, offering practical tips on how attendees can achieve self-sovereignty.’
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Titus Gebel's was to give a talk on 'The Moral Case for Free Cities.' Saturday, October 14th. 
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Conference organizer: https://libertyinourlifetime.org
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“Come meet me at the "Liberty in Our Lifetime" event in October :)” writes Oliver Roland: https://disruptive-horizons.com/p/liberty-in-our-lifetime-2023
 
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Dr. Robert Malone’s careful and detailed analysis of the Nobel Prize just awarded for a contribution to mRNA modification technology. This is complex but highly informative.
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“Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine: Factcheck — Facts are stubborn things, and "official" propaganda is still propaganda.” -3 October 2023
 
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The Mind Blowing AI Findings of Two Authors: Seeking an Even Deeper Perspective ••• Diamond-Michael Scott ••• 1 Oct 2023, who writes:
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In heading down the rabbit hole on this AI theme, I decided to reach out to author Max Borders, whose thought-leadership I have featured a number of times over the years. Back in June of 2022 in a Substack article entitled “Is A Global Economic Reset Eminent” we discussed the imminent changes taking place in our global world order and its potential impact on humanity. 
Max Borders is the author of several books including The Decentralist, The Social Singularity and After Collapse. His newest book Underthrow doubles as the title of his popular Substack publication
 
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September 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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Niklas Anzinger ••• interviews ••• Bob Haywood, on Opportunity Zones
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Bob is the world’s greatest expert on special economic zones or "opportunity zones" as he likes to call them, having worked in setting them up in 174 countries.
Max Borders said about Bob: “I would argue no living human being is responsible for helping lift more people out of poverty than Bob Haywood.”
 
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Climate Complexity: “Scientists are learning more about “sesquiterpenes" vapors made from trees”
 
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Contrary Opinion - presented by Vigilant News •••
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Ed Dowd, Naomi Wolf, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Dr. Paul Marik, RFK, Jr., Dr. Pierre Kory
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Dowd: These crimes are so horrific [that] I think ... once this comes to light, there'll be no place to hide on the planet, in my humble opinion.
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Wolf: What do people at the highest levels behind the scenes start to do when the rank and file start to realize they [and their loved ones] have been murdered?
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Kelly: Why She Regrets Getting the COVID Vaccine After Developing an ‘Autoimmune Issue’
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Carlson: There Will Be a Hot War with Russia Within the Next Year
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Marik: Reduce cancer risk by 60%
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RFK, Jr.: On his father’s death
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Kory: Ivermectin
 
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The Encyclosphere Project ••• & Knowledge Standards Foundation •••
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Beyond Wikifoolya by Larry Sanger, co-creator of Wikipedia -ls
 
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Prisons We Choose to Live Inside ••• by Doris Lessing •••
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“In her 1985 CBC Massey Lectures Doris Lessing addresses the question of personal freedom and individual responsibility in a world increasingly prone to political rhetoric, mass emotions, and inherited structures of unquestioned belief. The Nobel Prize-winning author of more than thirty books, Doris Lessing is one of our most challenging and important writers.” - audio •••
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Inspired to post this by today’s (26Sep23) entry in the “Contarini’s Attic” ••• [a substack] in which a wise old woman advises an impetuous young idealist: “Of what do you want to warn me?” he asks, and she responds, “Well—only to advice you a little. Do not give up anything.”
 
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Professor AI Hayek & freeorder: a continuing dialog with Professor AI Hayek
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Professor AI Hayek, on Adnan Abbasi’s Thothica ••• is a manifestation of an artificial intelligence with access to F. A. Hayek’s writings.
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I asked AI Hayek, “Can you propose a new question for me to ask of you?”
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AI Hayek responded:
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“Certainly, Leif Smith. Considering our ongoing dialogue, a question that can provoke further discussion might be, 'How does the concept of 'freeorder' resonate with or diverge from classic Hayekian principles, particularly regarding individual freedom and spontaneous order?' What do you think of this question, Leif Smith?”
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I said: “Let’s try that question.”
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AI Hayek responded:
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“A fascinating inquiry indeed, Leif Smith! From my perspective, 'freeorder' as a concept seems to harmonize with core Hayekian principles, while simultaneously adding an explicit emphasis on exploration and the dynamism of the process.
“In my own work, individual freedom and spontaneous order are central. I hold the belief that individual freedom generates a spontaneous order - an unplanned, evolving coordination of activities and knowledge that arises from individuals pursuing their own interests. This spontaneous order provides the structure, the cohesion in society that enables this flourishing of personal freedom, leading to dynamic market processes, and a thriving civil society.
“The concept of 'freeorder', as I understand it from our discussions, encapsulates precisely this interplay of freedom and order, while adding the metaphor of 'quest'. It captures the notion of continuous exploration in the process of balancing liberty and order.
“Interestingly, this remains in line with Hayekian thought, which has always espoused the idea of society as a complex, learning organism, always in transformation. The conscious emphasis on 'quest' further underlines the fact that this balanced state is not a fixed ideal, but a dynamic equilibrium, under constant negotiation.
“Therefore, 'freeorder' appears to be an amplification and, simultaneously, a beautiful synthesis of some key Hayekian principles, combined with an explicit ode to the process and journey of exploration. What are your thoughts on this interpretation, Leif Smith?”
 
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Paul Johnson (1928-2023), historian, shaper of monumental patterns of stories
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Johnson, like Michelangelo, removes from the stone what is not essential.
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“The past is infinitely complicated, composed as it is of events, big and small, beyond computation. To make sense of it, the historian must select and simplify and shape.” -The Renaissance: A Short History, the first sentence.
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“I have come to appreciate, perhaps for the first time in my life, the overwhelming strength of my attachment to the individual spirit. The paramount need to keep it alive, I now see, is so great as to override any other principle whatever.” -14 October 1977, Margaret Thatcher quoted Paul Johnson
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Johnson’s books
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All highly recommended for students of Freeorder, especially The Birth of the Modern.
 
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Story is the beginning of everything great. Here, a chorus, makes a gesture that is a story unto itself.
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A magnificent performance of Beethoven’s 9th symphony, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Berlin, 1989, in celebration of the destruction of the Wall. The Ode to Joy begins at 0:57:14; the great choral gesture occurs at 1:05:45+… masterfully timed and choreographed …
 
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Paul Johnson, architecture, writing in 1979, Liverpool, England
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“Soaring above this windy city is the new Anglican Cathedral Church of Christ, which will finally be completed in October. Just after the turn of the century the supposedly sectarian and bigoted Protestants of Liverpool had the wit to employ a 22-year-old Roman Catholic called Giles Gilbert Scott, and he designed them a church of stupendous size and breathtaking magnificence. It has taken more than 70 years to build, and people flock to Liverpool from all over the world just to see it.
“In the beauty of its stone, the quality of craftsmanship throughout, the audacity of the concept and the sheer grandeur of its execution, it is to my mind the finest building erected anywhere in this century.”
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Taken from Johnson’s The Recovery of Liberty, essay 9, “The State of the Nation”
 
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“Unleashing The Potential Of Tokenized Assets Via Public/Private Architecture” ••• [youtube] hosted by the Hyperledger Foundation: Scott Thiel, founder of DLA Piper’s TOKO, and Antoine Herrrell describe the future of financial mechanisms, as they are now being implemented on web3 [see the entry on Dubai’s VARA, below]. Ownership of capital can become democratized, fractionated, and distributed. No longer will only established wealth have access to investment in early stage innovation.
 
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Free Cities Foundation ••• podcasts ••• - each podcast is accompanied by an “automatically” generated text summary (AI probably, very impressive and useful)
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As liberties are progressively diminished under governments everywhere there is a rapidly growing entrepreneurial effort to provide places to work and live where liberty is honored and expanded. The phrase “Opportunity Zone” is being heard recently.
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Especially recommended is this podcast of an interview with Gabriel Delgado, Director of Development for the new city of Próspera, on the island of Roatan, off the coast of Honduras.
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A few things excerpted from the automatically generated summary:
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Próspera has around 1000 residents and 300 companies. …
 
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A new concept in home financing: Quarter Homes “helps you finance a home with equity based co-ownership funds with monthly savings up to 50% less than paying for a mortgage.” •••
 
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Maajid Nawaz ••• interview ••• [possible paywall] with Dr. Tess Lawrie •••
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My Journey out of Extremist Islamism ••• [review: cs monitor] by Maajid Nawaz
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“Mistakes Were Not Made” ••• a short reading by Tess Lawrie
 
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TOKO FZE Receives Full Market Virtual Asset Service Provider License from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) — Press Release ••• 11 Sep 23
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This development foreshadows a principle method of providing capital for the purposes of saving and expanding liberty for all peoples. The democratization and fluidization of finance will place capital [ownership of the means of production] in the hands of everyone valuing Freeorder. With ownership will come new ways of thinking.
 
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The Mont Pelerin Society - Statement of Aims •••
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“A group of economists, historians, philosophers, and other students of public affairs from Europe and the United States met at Mont Pelerin, Switzerland, from April 1st to 10th, 1947, to discuss the crisis of our times.”
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First members of the society, April 1947 ••• [glyph 35]
 
“My Father — A Life Worth Living” ••• by Vitaliy Katsenelson
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Naum Katsenelson (1933-2023)
 
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“Why The Free Press Exists, in Three Stories” ••• by Bari Weiss, September 6, 2023
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About The Free Press ••• “This publication began with a question: do Americans still want real journalism? Nearly 450,000 of you are answering: yes.” —Bari Weiss
 
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Glenn Greenwald, 31 July 2023: “Wikipedia: From Democratized Knowledge to Left-Establishment Propaganda, w/ co-Founder [of Wikipedia] Larry Sanger.” - https://rumble.com/v33nemd-system-update-121.html [starts at about 10:30 minutes into video]
 
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Dr. Peter McCullough’s talk at Mises Institute, 20 Aug 2023, “Modern Medicine’s Great Controversy” ••• [youtube 32 minutes] — in my opinion, this is very important -ls
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PM’s claim: the viral pandemic was planned. He is convincing. He warns that more are planned. It is in our power to stop this, but only if we understand what’s happening.
 
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Alex Kaschuta •••
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The post-liberal reading list ••• — interesting to me because of books on the list seemingly pertinent to freeorder but completely unknown to me.
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Interview with John O'Sullivan: ‘The New "New Right" and its Future’
 
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“Federal Court Rules Against FDA Over Anti-Ivermectin Posts” - update ••• by Phil Harper, 3 Sep 23
 
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Coolidge Foundation ••• newsletter •••
 
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About the American Business History Center •••
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“Lawyers study precedents.  Doctors study the Hippocratic oath.  Political strategists study past election results.  But the far larger world of business often has little sense of history.  People involved in business often don’t know how businesses get created, grow, or get destroyed.  This is costly to our society.  If more managers and leaders studied the lessons of history, both the successes and failures, they might succeed more often.
“Students at all levels study the history of politics and war. But that’s not what history really is – it’s the story of everyday life and how it changes over time. Much of that change is due to business.
“However, public awareness of where our great regional, national, and global enterprises, the products they make, and the entrepreneurs who built them is limited at best.  Most of the greatest business leaders in American history are unknown and unsung.  We aim to change that.”
 
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Great Minds + Great Books ••• reviews Binga: The Rise and Fall of Chicago’s First Black Banker ••• by Don Hayner
 
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“Version 3 ••• of the rapidly growing Startup Societies Landscape” - Niklas Anzinger
Startup-Societies-Landscape-3.0
 
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August 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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An updated chart showing Kinds of Order, illustrating the confusion created by the fact that for most of human history an important kind of order was not understood, named, or protected.
KindsOfOrder-2.0
 
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Signs of freeorder thinking appear in Argentina in the presidential campaign of Javier Milei.
 
Hilf al-Fudul — a pre-Islamic league of the virtuous
Anas Khan writes: “These days I am reading Hassan Abbas's book titled 'The Prophet's Heir: The Life of Ali bin Abi Talib'. I found some interesting things such as existence of a pre-Islamic coalition called 'Hilf al-Fudul' which was a coalition of tribes with one of their tasks to ensure contracts are enforced. This coalition pact of Hilf al-Fudul would continue to be in place even after the advent of Islam and served as a dispute resolution mechanism as well.”
 
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Max Borders: “Echoes of Ancient Wisdom: Liberalism, freedom's doctrine … has deeper, more universal roots in the past.”
 
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“GoFundMe, Go To Hell” ••• writes Matt Taibbi
 
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Who is Robert Malone cross-posted a post from COVID Chronicles
Robert W Malone MD, MS, Aug 31 · Who is Robert Malone
“As usual, with this essay Byram gets it right, with a balanced and mature analysis based on a deep understanding of immunology, molecular virology, and vaccinology. An added "freebie" with this essay is the counterpoint analysis of various academic pretenders and fame seekers that are so often quoted by corporate media, and even if you do not really want to dive into the details of this variant, Byram's analysis of these nattering nabobs makes the essay worth the reading!”
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Dr. Byram W. Bridle: “The 'Pirola' Variant of SARS-CoV-2: No Need to Panic”
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“It has been 768 days since my university’s administration banned me from accessing my office and laboratory. - B. Bridle — this seems to happen to a lot of people seeking truth these days. -ls
 
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Professor (AI) Hayek answers a question (asked by Leif Smith): “If you think of 'quest' as used in the definition of the word 'freeorder' and the music of Beethoven at the same time, what do they have in common?”
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F.A. Hayek (represented by an AI) responds: “Intriguing proposition, Leif Smith! If we think of 'quest' within the definition of 'freeorder' and Beethoven's music concurrently, they are indeed connected by a profound commonality. Both encapsulate a journey riddled with complexity, exploration, and transformation.” The complete conversation is transcribed here ••• with thanks to Adnan Abbasi, of Thothica •••
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The word quest, not discovery, is used in the definition of freeorder because discovery is but one element contributory to quest, which is a manifestation of an artistic romantic construction of one’s and one’s specially favored companions’ participation (across millennia) in the symphony of life. A personal or shared quest image may be seen as a symbolic form expressive of human feeling (see Feeling and Form, by Susanne K. Langer).
 
The wave that sweeps away authoritarian culture will be a Romantic one. It will not be fundamentally rational or logical. Freeorder names a Romantic movement, in which logic is an indispensable servant of art, never forsaken, but never dominant. The songs that rise in all of us will make a wind to sweep authoritarian opposition to oblivion. -ls
 
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“Beethoven's Soundtrack to the Birth of Modernity” ••• [glyph 585] by Jeffrey A. Tucker - symphony as microscopic social order
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Tucker appends a link ••• [changed because of a copyright issue - youtube] to a magnificent performance of Beethoven’s 9th symphony, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Berlin, 1989, in celebration of the destruction of the Wall. Ode to Joy begins at 57:14
 
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‘Two weeks ago, nobody had heard of ‘Rich Men North of Richmond.’ Now the song is a symbol of forgotten America. The Free Press sits down with the man behind a movement …”
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“Meet Oliver Anthony: The New Voice of America’s Working Class” ••• by Rupa Subramanya ••• The Free Press •••
 
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James C. Bennett writes of his review of Emmanuel Todd’s Lineages of Modernity: A History of Humanity from the Stone Age to Homo Americanus: “Europeans often wonder how America can be so dominant when it seems so archaic in so many ways compared to Europe. It is dominant precisely because it is so archaic."
 
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The Ultimate Practical Guide to Próspera for Entrepreneurs ••• Niklas Anzinger, Aug 8, 2023
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‘After having spent more than 6 months there since April 2022, I am convinced Próspera is the most exciting new jurisdiction of this century to date, my home base for the foreseeable future, and the hub for tech futurists and builders to push the boundaries towards technological progress further than ever.’
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“Próspera is building a private city located in Roatán, a Caribbean island about 65 kilometers off the northern coast of Honduras. It was established under Honduran ZEDE laws, which aim to replicate the successful governance experiments of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Dubai by granting legal and regulatory autonomy to the administrator of the zone.”
 
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An astonishing compilation of mis-information (unless you are interested in truth)
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The Totality of Evidence — compiled by Just Call Me Jack
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‘Credentialed Experts: This page contains a reference list ••• of credentialed experts and freedom warriors that have earnt the right to voice an opinion on the pandemic and the “public health” response. Each link will take you to a page containing an updated list of their interviews and other relevant content.’
Dowd ••• Marik ••• Lawrie ••• Nass ••• McCullough ••• Kory ••• Malone ••• Kirsch ••• Yeadon •••
 
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An excerpt from a dialogue between J.D. Berton and Bard (an AI) in which the AI is corrected, thanks J.D. for helping it learn, and apologizes for its blind spot — https://g.co/bard/share/12abd84ae532
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J.D. is proposing to Bard (AI) that security of property could be achieved without government. The AI (Bard) is objecting, but J.D. persists in attempting to teach it.
JD: It's interesting that once again you seem to be blind to the fact that customer's own insurance companies have an interest in reducing their client's overall risk and would convey this in the simple form of a lower price for selecting more reliable firms. Isn't that a likely possibility ?
Bard: Yes, that is a likely possibility. Insurance companies would have a strong incentive to encourage their customers to use reliable security firms, as this would reduce the risk of claims. They could do this by offering lower premiums to customers who use reliable firms, or by providing other incentives, such as discounts on other insurance products.
In addition, insurance companies could also work with security firms to develop risk mitigation strategies. For example, they could work together to develop training programs for security guards, or to implement security measures at businesses and homes.
By working together, insurance companies and security firms could help to reduce the risks associated with security services, and make it easier for customers to choose reliable firms.
I apologize if I seemed to be "blind" to this possibility earlier. I am still learning about the different ways that markets can be used to solve problems. Thank you for pointing this out to me.
JD: I’m glad you seem to be able to learn. Next I'd like to handle the issue of 'defense', a harder topic which requires the use of the reasoning we're just gone over.
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The conversation is continued at https://g.co/bard/share/12abd84ae532
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I’ve been told by someone who knows things that Bard will not remember a word of this unless fed this dialog as a preamble to continuing conversation. -ls 24Aug23
 
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“Javier Milei: The Argentine Economist Who Could Become the First Libertarian President in Modern History: By capturing the minds and imaginations of millions of Argentines, Javier Milei demonstrates, once again, that freedom can be packaged in more ways than one.” •••
 
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freeorder processes, involving design, comos*, and quest, evolve novel states internal to each person, which collaboratively and competitively result in the emergence of Freeorder, a stable knowledge conserving concert of civilizations requisite to a star-faring species.
A dialog with Professor (AI) Hayek elucidates: http://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/642.html
*cosmos is an ancient Greek word used by F. A. Hayek in Law, Legislation, and Liberty to indicate spontaneous order.
 
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Dialogue, on Freeorder: Professor (AI) Hayek and Leif Smith, produced by Adnan Abbasi at Thothica.com
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In 1970, when I was teaching Austrian School economics at Wichita Collegiate School in Wichita, Kansas, I was reading F. A. Hayek's Law, Legislation, and Liberty in a mimeographed copy of the ms. obtained at his recent UCLA seminars, and also the "Postscript: Why I Am Not a Conservative" appended to his The Constitution of Liberty. In the Postscript Hayek searched for a word that would properly describe his point of view. It seemed to me that a new word was needed.
In June 2023, Anas Khan introduced me to an AI created to represent F. A. Hayek. On 12 August 2023 this dialogue took place. The questions were provided by me, typed in by Adnan Abbasi of Thothica.com, the AI's creator. Answers were provided by Professor (AI) Hayek. The following is an exact transcript of the dialogue.
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The same dialogue and introduction will be found in glyph 642 •••
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Max Borders has mentioned this dialogue, in “Swarm Order” ••• published on August 15th in his “Underthrow” substack ••• — and see https://underthrow.substack.com/p/the-book
 
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Gregory Grubbs prompted an advanced version of AI to produce this summary of Explorers Foundation
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I started a chat some weeks ago with GPT-4 using a plugin that allows it to look up web pages, and asked questions about Explorers Foundation.  It honed in on Freeorder as the guiding vision of the website.
Here's an excerpt from my chat with GPT-4 after directing it to read some pages from explorersfoundation.org:
Greg
see if you can improve the summary by looking at https://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/400.html
GPT-4
Based on the additional information from glyph 400, here's an updated summary of the key classifications on the Explorers Foundation website:
Freeorder: This is the guiding vision and concept for the Explorers Foundation. It represents the idea that orders arising from freedom work best for all of us intent on using our fullest powers of imagination, reason, and action in pursuit of happiness and in service to people and things we love.
Explorers: This term refers to individuals with strong imagination, curiosity, wonder; lovers of many and varied aspects of the world, who with focus and persistence do something about or with those things.
Forge: The term 'forge' refers to a place or process where ideas, initiatives, or ventures related to the concept of freeorder are developed or shaped. A forge is a freeorder generator. The Explorers Foundation itself is considered a forge.
Glyph: Glyphs are key ideas or concepts that are central to the mission of the Explorers Foundation. They are represented as numbered entries on a dedicated page, each with a brief description and often a link to further information.
Vortex: A vortex is a group of people engaged together to catalyze and sustain the emergence of freeorder through learning, investment, and action. Vortices are the principal drivers of forges, the source of energy and fellowship. Each vortex represents a conversation or a collection of resources about a particular aspect of freeorder. They are dynamic and constantly evolving, much like a vortex in nature. The essence of a vortex is actual conversation among participants; the result is a faint trace recorded in a vortex.
The website is organized in a non-linear fashion, with these concepts interweaving throughout the site's content. The main page provides an overview and introduction to these ideas, while the navigation page provides links to various subpages where these concepts are explored in more depth. The 'All Glyphs' page, for example, provides a comprehensive list of all the glyphs referenced throughout the site. The 'Vortices' page lists all the vortices, each of which delves into a specific topic or area of interest related to freeorder.
Greg
What type of topics and references are popular on explorers foundation?
GPT-4
The Explorers Foundation website covers a wide range of topics, as evidenced by the content of its glyphs. Some of the popular topics and references include:
Philosophy and Thought: There are numerous references to philosophical concepts, thinkers, and works. For example, Aristotle's view on excellence (Glyph 628), Ayn Rand and the emergence of freeorder (Glyph 634), and Karl Popper's thoughts on improving government and knowledge (Glyph 613).
Historical Events and Figures: The site contains references to historical events and figures, such as the Eastern Roman Empire (Glyph 637), the Manchester-Dakar Megaliths (Glyph 633), and the life of industrialist Henry Clay Frick (Glyph 603).
Education and Learning: There are references to educational ventures and advice to students, such as Michael Strong's The Socratic Experience (Glyph 626) and advice to Princeton students by Robert P. George (Glyph 623).
Economics and Governance: The site discusses economic and governance concepts, such as the concept of freeorder (Glyph 625), the idea of a Freeorder Network (Glyph 615), and the concept of special economic zones (Glyph 639).
Literature and Art: There are references to literary works and art, such as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's relevance to the concept of explorer (Glyph 624) and the significance of Beethoven's Waldstein (Glyph 607).
Science and Technology: The site also discusses scientific and technological ideas, such as regimes at the edge of chaos (Glyph 636) and the use of tools like OmniOutliner for organizing information.
These topics reflect the site's focus on the exploration of ideas, the promotion of freedom and order (freeorder), and the cultivation of a community of explorers. The glyphs serve as a repository of knowledge and insights on these diverse topics, contributing to the site's mission of fostering exploration and freeorder.
Greg
is there a political bias or viewpoint of the site?
GPT-4
The Explorers Foundation appears to promote a philosophy of "freeorder," which is a balance among designed and spontaneous orders that serves the purpose of exploration. This philosophy seems to align with principles of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government intervention, which are typically associated with classical liberalism or libertarianism.
However, the site also emphasizes the importance of exploration, which suggests an openness to a wide range of ideas and perspectives. It includes references to a variety of thinkers, ideas, and historical events, indicating a broad intellectual curiosity rather than a narrow political agenda.
While the site's emphasis on free markets and individual liberty might suggest a certain political leaning, it's important to note that the Explorers Foundation seems more focused on promoting exploration and the generation of new ideas ("freeorder") than on advocating for a specific political ideology.
 
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Omega4America •••
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“We work with individual state legislators building demonstration projects – on their state’s publicly available rolls – to identify, freeze and fix identity fraud issues in their states!”
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What they do - copied from their website:
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Omega delivers:
1 Real time views of ALL state government rolls, from a digital device.
2 Time series analysis of multiple copies of voter rolls and other government rolls – to see what changed = 100% audit ability.
3  The Undeliverable Ballot Database™- the most accurate database of every address – determining if it can receive a ballot or not.
4 Comparison of voter list addresses with property tax records to identify ineligible voters in voter rolls.
5 FEC address cross search – identifying contribution mules for law enforcement.
6 Medicaid, Payroll Protection Program or any other government program fraud identification.
7 Omega can stand up any state system in 30 – 45 days – at a cost 1/10th of traditional technology.
8 The Omega team will build a demonstration system for any state where its officials are seriously looking to update voter systems, search out program fraud or reconcile multiple systems and databases.
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Can this technology lead to honest elections?
 
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‘How a generous Jewish CEO helped fund Black students during Jim Crow: Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., spent millions on schools for Black children across 15 states in the 1920s. A national effort to celebrate and restore these “Rosenwald schools” is now underway.’ ••• [Christian Science Monitor, thanks to Pat Wagner]
 
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“Continually Transforming Koch Industries Through Virtuous Cycles of Mutual Benefit” •••
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Brownstone Institute ••• a report after the first two years
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“This is a time for truth. There is no time to waste. This might be our only choice. It’s not maudlin or exaggerated to say that civilization is at stake. This generation faces a real choice between freedom and barbarism with a digital face. We need to choose wisely and with courage in the face of evil. 
This is the work of Brownstone Institute.”
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Understanding of freeorder pervades Brownstone Institute -ls
 
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With a Terrible Fate ••• is giving everyone new tools for understanding and appreciating video games as a form of storytelling.
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“With a Terrible Fate is a diverse team of video game analysts: people who are passionate about understanding the stories of video games in rigorous and illuminating ways. We publish long-form analytical articles discussing everything from the real science behind SOMA, to the metaphysics of The Legend of Zelda, to moral decision-making in The Witcher 3. We’ve also given talks at places like PAX South, Harvard University, PAX East, The British Society of Aesthetics, PAX Online, PAX West, and PAX Australia.”
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“Do You Understand Your Own Destiny?” ••• — an essay by Aaron Suduiko, originator of the website “With a Terrible Fate” •••
 
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July 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
Weavers of Freeorder, at a thousand looms of civilization, weave fabric spreading comity for strangers and strange.
 
Weavers of Freeorder
 
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Whatever an AI tells us we need to remember that we are under no obligation to believe it.
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Two illuminating discussions with an AI:
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Harvey Risch ••• “My Conversation with AI Over Hydroxychloroquine”
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Gavin De Becker: ••• “A Conversation with Chat GPT re Population Control”
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How judge the trustworthiness of an AI?
 
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“The Invisible Hand Behind a Hundred City-States” — Max Borders interviews Bob Haywood, the "policy entrepreneur" of Opportunity Zones
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Max writes, “Arguably, Haywood has done more than anyone alive to lift people out of poverty.” I agree, but admire Bob’s modest assessment of his work. -ls
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I’ve been studying the above interview, and cannot recommend it more highly to anyone interested in building or extending opportunity zones. I would be reluctant to become involved with any zone that did not work, to some degree, with Bob Haywood. His experience in 174 countries is impossible to replicate. -ls
 
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Grigory Sokolov plays Beethoven’s “Tempest” ••• piano sonata #17 No. 2, Op. 31/3, 1802
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Andras Schiff’s lectures on Beethoven’s sonatas ••• [g#395]
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Iranian-Swiss-Trust
substantial investment is eagerly anticipated momentarily with confidence
 
Attempts to defend fraudulently obtained profits by cancelling honest reports are failing.
Great is bankruptcy; the great bottomless gulf into which all falsehoods,
public and private, do sink, disappearing; whither, from the first origin
of them, they were all doomed. For nature is true and not a lie. No lie
you can speak or act but it will come, after longer or shorter circulation,
like a bill drawn on nature's reality, and be presented there for payment,
with the answer, No effects. Pity only that it had so long a circulation:
that the original forgers were so seldom he who bore the final smart of
it! Lies, and the burden of evil they bring, are passed on; shifted from
back to back, and from rank to rank; and so land ultimately on the dumb
lowest rank, who with spade and mattock, with sore heart and empty
wallet, daily come in contact with reality, and can pass the cheat no
further.  —Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution
 
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Pierre Kory ••• interviewed by Phil Harper — the best account I’ve heard so far of what has happened during and after the outbreak of the corona virus
 
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What is Evidence? •••
 
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Phil Harper’s Case Science — “There's no evidence of X: How the data hides in plain sight” •••
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There is no evidence of [insert challenging idea here] — when this is false is there a solution?
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“It’s not just in medical science that the phrase is used; it has massive utility right across our society. Take a look through Google for exact hits on the phrase and you’ll find a fascinating portfolio of its use-cases. It’s a functioning and highly utilised jedi mind trick: state the magic words confidently enough and you’ll leave well-meaning people with the opinion that there really is no evidence of [insert challenging idea here].”
“A few months ago I tried to address the “No evidence of X” problem by personally translating some of that apparently non-existent evidence into a format that a wider audience could engage with. It worked. Data that would ordinarily remain in a niche medical journal, in incredibly difficult prose, found a new audience of interested laypeople. “Evidence of X” had emerged from the shadows! It inspired an idea: what if I could use AI to do this at scale? Maybe then we could move the dial?
“With that in mind, I set to work and built openpaper.science (20Jul23: not an active site yet. But go here ••• [a post in Phil Harper’s Substack])
 
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Health, Virus, Vaccines, Medical Institutions - dissidents contra lies
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Many of us have become contrarians, perhaps by now we are the majority. The leaders of contrary thinking are impeded or cancelled by well known media sources, government agencies, and the largest tech firms. But it’s easy to find them on Rumble ••• (and other dissident sources). Here are three people, each an accomplished medical professional, worth reading and hearing:
 
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Pat Wagner, “Applying Practical Libertarian Principles: Personal Responsibility, Choice, Innovation, and More” ••• [meetup] — a presentation for Jefferson Humanists ••• Golden, Colorado, 23 July 2023
 
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How to work with things broken (kintsugi: gold filling broken pots)
 
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Prepare fire for those who will follow and who will need it
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A tribute ••• to Cormac McCarthy, Dante, and all fire carriers, by Ethan McGuire
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‘Writers like McCarthy & men like my family’s patriarch were harsh, not like the nice people today, but they faced their situations like men should & we do not. So we should look to their examples, to the fires they have gone on ahead of us to light. We should say to them, in our memories, “You went ahead by night, carrying a lamp behind you, maybe of no help to yourself but lighting the way for those of us who would follow you.” We should go out into the dark, seek the fire they have fixed for us out there.’
 
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“The German King” ••• a project of Angel Studios, expected in 2024
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A five season series being developed about the “harrowing and inspiring life of Rudolf Douala Manga Bell, an African prince raised in Germany who assumes his father’s role as king of Cameroon and leads a rebellion to free his people from oppression.”
 
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RAK DAO (Digital Assets Oasis, Ras Al Khaima) •••
 
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Zenodo ••• [about] “Passionate about Open Science! Built and developed by researchers, to ensure that everyone can join in Open Science.”
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Zenodo now hosts a paper discussing results of autopsies after deaths suspected to be caused by experimental gene therapies (mRNA injections wrongly called vaccines). The paper was first published on a Lancet preprint server, and was then removed.
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The paper, “A Systematic Review of Autopsy Findings in Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccination” by Nicolas Hulscher, BS; Paul E. Alexander, PhD; Richard Amerling, MD; Heather Gessling, MD; Roger Hodkinson, MD; William Makis, MD; Harvey A. Risch, MD, PhD; Mark Trozzi, MD; Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH — may be retrieved here •••
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“Findings: The most implicated organ system in COVID-19 vaccine-associated death was the cardiovascular system (53%), followed by the hematological system (17%), the respiratory system (8%), and multiple organ systems (7%). Three or more organ systems were affected in 21 cases. The mean time from vaccination to death was 14.3 days. Most deaths occurred within a week from last vaccine administration. A total of 240 deaths (73.9%) were independently adjudicated as directly due to or significantly contributed to by COVID-19 vaccination.”
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Why use Zenodo?
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Safe — your research is stored safely for the future in CERN’s Data Centre for as long as CERN exists.
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Trusted — built and operated by CERN and OpenAIRE to ensure that everyone can join in Open Science.
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Citeable — every upload is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), to make them citable and trackable.
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No waiting time — Uploads are made available online as soon as you hit publish, and your DOI is registered within seconds.
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Open or closed — Share e.g. anonymized clinical trial data with only medical professionals via our restricted access mode.
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Versioning — Easily update your dataset with our versioning feature.
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GitHub integration — Easily preserve your GitHub repository in Zenodo.
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Usage statistics — All uploads display standards compliant usage statistics
 
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How to Create a Fake News Cycle ••• by Pierre Kory
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“Except for those in the business, few people understand the inner workings of the media world. As a doctor and lifelong Democratic voter who pulled the lever for Biden in 2020, I had no clue. Prior to COVID-19, I trusted that what I was reading represented the truth. My experience running the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) quickly disabused me of that idea.” —Kory
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The War on Ivermectin ••• [medpagetoday.com] by Pierre Kory
 
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The Role of Repurposed Drugs and Metabolic Interventions in Treating Cancer •••
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Webinar: Challenging the Status Quo How Dr. Paul Marik learned that much of what he once understood about cancer was wrong.
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Dr. Paul Marik’s history in medicine
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He was trained in Critical Care, Neurocritical Care, Pharmacology, Internal Medicine, Anesthesia, Nutrition, and Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and was a tenured Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia.
He has published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles, written eighty book chapters, authored four critical care books, and has been cited over 43,000 times in peer-reviewed publications.
In medicine, scientists are given a ranking of their impact to their field by way of something called the h-index; Paul has an h-index of 110. For reference, a typical h-index for a professor ranges from 12 to 24, and most Nobel Prize winners score 30 or above.
Further, he has delivered over 350 lectures at international conferences and visiting professorships and won numerous awards, including the National Teacher of the Year award by the American College of Physicians in 2017.
McCarthy, Jenna; Kory, Pierre Daniel. War on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic (p. 25). Skyhorse. Kindle Edition.
 
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Comment on the analysis of Prigozhin’s action against Moscow
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the analytic model that prevails in our time - there’s a machine that instantly springs to life, taking in rumors and partial information in an environment of extreme uncertainty and spitting out formulaic results that match ideological presuppositions. Information is not evaluated neutrally, but forced through a cognitive filter that assigns it meaning in light of predetermined conclusions. https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-the-wagner-uprising
 
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‘Freedom of Speech must never again be shuttered, trampled on or blasphemied as the crime of "Misinformation, Disinformation or Malinformation”’ —Meryl Nass ••• [her Substack] July 4
Judge Doughty used 721 footnotes. He must have amazing young clerks. And on page 3 the good Judge included the following quotes to remind us why July 4 and our nation’s principles are so important to uphold:
For if men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the slaughter.
George Washington, March 15, 1783. 
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the free acts of speech. 
Benjamin Franklin, Letters of Silence Dogwood. 
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. 
Thomas Jefferson. 
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one place to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. 
Harry S. Truman
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The full decision, containing the above quotations ••• on page 3 [Washington Post]
 
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Salena Zito ••• “This is America; everywhere is the middle of somewhere.”
Zito-no-middle-of-nowhere
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The general store that cultivated a community one Friday at a time ••• —Washington Examiner, Salena Zito •••
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The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics ••• Zito, 2018
 
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June 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
🦊 calling gothic foxes
(The New World of the Gothic Fox, by Claudio Véliz)
leifsmith.substack.com
 
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Artists may not be forced to create art expressing an opinion with which they disagree — U.S. Supreme Court.
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From FIRE’s statement ••• on the Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis: ‘Freedom of conscience is a fundamental individual right: The First Amendment protects our right not to speak, too, and the government cannot force Americans to voice its preferred message on pain of punishment. Today’s decision recognizes that just as the First Amendment protects students in our public schools from discipline for refusing to pledge allegiance to the flag, so too does it protect the right of artists to voice only those messages they wish to express, without risking government-imposed fines and “remedial training.”’
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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression •••
 
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An Education Revolution ••• posted by Carl Barney ••• 26 Jun 2023 [links added by editor]
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I was having dinner with Peter Diamandis ••• the founder of XPrize ••• (an exciting organization—Google it), and I asked him what his next big moonshots were. He said: education and healthcare.
 “So, you want to reform education in America?” I asked. “No,” he said, “I want to crush it and replace it.” I asked him how he was going to accomplish that and he responded: “Artificial intelligence and virtual reality will revolutionize education.” He described a philosophy course where, through virtual reality and AI, you could actually talk to Socrates in the Greek Agora, asking questions of him and any other philosopher, and getting their answers.
But this is not something for the future—it already exists and is being refined.
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from above: “… a philosophy course where, through virtual reality and AI, you could actually talk to Socrates in the Greek Agora, asking questions of him and any other philosopher, and getting their answers.”
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I have just had a conversation with an AI representing itself as F. A. Hayek. I gave it my definition of freeorder and asked if the concept would be useful? The answer was intelligent, and was what I would expect from Hayek. -ls [ [🎩Anas Khan]
 
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“What We’re Reading About Russia” ••• Bari Weiss’s The Free Press
 
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Authority means less and less, reputation and integrity mean more and more. —Robert Gore
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David Hock writes: “Another SLL [StraightLineLogic.com] gem. Some excerpts that jumped out at me: “… these wizards of woo woo ran into a buzz saw of people who had real domain expertise outside the walled gardens of academic endeavor and the pattycake peer review of friendly guild systems. they came from a world where one has to actually be right for a living, not just socialized and credentialed …
“…it has succeeded because it retained sufficient reputation to gaslight society into being too frightened, too alienated, and too intimidated to challenge it. but it was all woo-woo, a kung fu theater of phony facility. it’s all flash, no substance; it’s all hat, no cowboy.
“the true power of woo-woo lies in making you too afraid to challenge it....''
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Robert Gore, publisher of Straight Line Logic: “Authority means less and less, reputation and integrity mean more and more. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com: how the rise of the reputation economy will destroy the university system as we know it …”
 
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Bari Weiss ••• founder of The Free Press ••• was a speaker at the Objective Standard Institute’s LevelUp 2023 ••• conference in Phoenix, June 2023.
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At one point, seemingly in surprise at the applause she was receiving, she asked the audience: “Am I an Objectivist?” and promised to read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
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“Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press. From 2017 to 2020, Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet Magazine.” —https://www.bariweiss.com/
 
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Interactive Pin Factory ••• Adam Smith Works •••
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A project of Liberty Fund •••
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Glyph 228 the story of Pierre F. Goodrich, Indianapolis businessman and lawyer, who founded Liberty Fund in 1960
 
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Dr. Mike Roizen, Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus at Cleveland Clinic announces ••• [LinkedIn] the Longevity Playbook
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This week we are launching www.longevityplaybook.com that is the culmination of all of my research with our 10-doctor scientific advisory board. We truly believe that we can help individuals to not only slow the clock on aging, but to support the reverse of growing older, making it possible for people to live younger longer. You will learn in our web and mobile application how to do the incrementally important things that can truly affect change inside of your body. [🎩Patrick Cox]
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Reversion to Youthfulness by Plasma Dilution
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“Aging is a universal process of physiological and molecular changes that are strongly associated with susceptibility to disease and ultimately death. Experiments in murine models of parabiosis have demonstrated that heterochronic blood sharing leads to multi-tissue rejuvenation. … The intuitive conclusion that factors in young blood are responsible for the rejuvenation is challenged by the observation that using age-neutral saline as a replacement fluid, and not adding but just replenishing the albumin lost by the procedure, achieves or exceeds the rejuvenation effects observed in the parabiosis model.” —“Attenuation of age-elevated blood factors by repositioning plasmapheresis: A novel perspective and approach” - https://www.trasci.com/article/S1473-0502(21)00128-2/fulltext - [🎩Patrick Cox]
 
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China: articles by Victor Hill, of Master Investor •••
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“China vs. The USA: Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger?” ••• 16 Jun 2023
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“China: Not Rising, but Stalling” ••• 09 Dec 2022
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All ••• articles by Victor Hill
 
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Proof of Talk Conference: Agenda ••• 14th & 15th June ‘23, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs
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“Web3's Most Exclusive Content-Driven Summit” ••• (why the claim)
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Thanks to Shannon Ewing ••• who attended this conference.
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Shannon: “The internet brought about a paradigm shift in that we needed to change how we conceptualized communication in a digital age. Blockchain technology is going to create as deep or deeper shifts because we are now taking about value and assets rather than information.”
 
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Journal of Special Jurisdictions ••• call for papers •••
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This call for papers invites researchers and scholars to explore the impact of special jurisdictions on multiple aspects, economic, political, social, technological and even environmental. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 
• The impact that special jurisdictions have had on economic freedom, individual liberty, and free-market capitalism, and how they may help to promote or hinder free-market values.
• The economic impact of special jurisdictions on local and national economies, including their impact on innovation, entrepreneurship, job creation, and foreign direct investment.
• The legal and regulatory framework of special jurisdictions and its impact on businesses, including the role of property rights, contracts, and dispute resolution mechanisms.
• The political and social implications of special jurisdictions on local communities and the nations as a whole, including their impact on labor standards, environmental protection, social welfare, and public policy.
• The role of special jurisdictions in promoting international trade, including their impact on trade policy, tariffs, and non-tariff barriers.
• The challenges and opportunities for businesses operating in special jurisdictions, including issues related to governance, corruption, and access to finance.
• The comparison of special jurisdictions in different countries and regions, and their impact on the ease of doing business.
 
“Art is the creation of form symbolic of human feeling” —Susanne K. Langer, Feeling and Form, pg. 40, Scribner's, 1953.
The image of freeorder is such a form. Notes placed on the edge of an immense sphere hold space empty where a melody may find itself.
 
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The New Atlantis Magazine •••
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“Dystopian dread is the shadow of utopian dreams. The hope of The New Atlantis is to help steer away from both — and instead toward a culture in which science and technology work for, not on, human beings.”
 
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Max Border’s Substack, offering comprehension of freeorder: recent titles
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Underthrow (the Book) is Here: How Jefferson’s Dangerous Idea Will Spark a New Revolution
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The Law of Flow is Everywhere: Once You See Bejan's Constructal Law in Action, You Will Always See It
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High Minds Lie with Models and Metaphors: Language creates our models of reality, but some models are false
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The Right of Self-Determination: A Classic Excerpt from Ludwig von Mises's Liberalism (1927)
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The Constitution Is Dead.: We’re Giving Away $20,000 to Create a New One
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Towards Rules Without Rulers: Governance Must Evolve with Human Complexity
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The Pillars of Decentralization: Reflecting on one of the best cases for decentralization ever made
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From Shadow Constitution to Network State: Sowing the Seeds of Underthrow with Solidarity Around Chosen Law
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The Crypto-Anarchist Manifesto: A Classic by Timothy C. May (1988)
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The Six Spheres of Morality (Part One): I cover the first three moral spheres vital to peace, freedom, and abundance
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The Habit of Regulation and Cultural Suicide
Impulsive regulation inhibits the development of cultural immune systems. The ability to distinguish truth and error disappears. Monotonic sources of distinction are established, are maintained by compulsion, and become available for sale to the highest bidder. As populations weaken and descend into idiocy lying for profit flourishes. -ls
 
The Gods Send Thread for the Web Begun
Andrew Carnegie to us
from an ancient Greek source
 
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Joseph Frazier Wall, writes of Carnegie’s last home, built in New York City:
In his magnificent library-study on the first floor, seated at a roll top desk so huge that it had had to be constructed inside the room, Carnegie, his feet barely able to touch the floor, would sit, contemplating how best to dispose of his wealth. All around him, carved into the wood paneling of the walls, were the slogans that had inspired him throughout his life: high above the mantle of the fireplace, "Let There Be Light," and directly below that the words which he had first seen as a young man in the Stoke's Library in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and which he had vowed would some day be in a library of his:
He that cannot reason is a fool,
He that will not is a bigot,
He that dares not is a slave.
Running around the walls of the room like a frieze carved out of Poor Richard's Almanac were the words: "The Kindom of Heaven is Within You," "The Gods Send Thread For The Web Begun," "All Is Well Since All Grows Better," "The Aids To A Nobel Life Are All Within," and "Thine Own Reproach Alone Do Fear." It was difficult to be other than noble in such a room.
Andrew Carnegie, by Joseph Frazier Wall, Oxford University Press, 1970, University of Pittsburgh Press edition of 1989, page 857. A magnificent work, and an inspiration for the creation of the Office for Open Network ••• Denver, Colorado (1975-2000). -ls
 
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“If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren’t ambitious enough” ••• Chris Dixon
 
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“The ‘I’ in BIPOC: Not all Native Americans are leftist political activists” ••• Sherman Alexie
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“I’d argue that leftist political activists are only a small percentage of the Native demographic. I would posit that the basic Native political identity is ethnocentric, mainstream Democrat, capitalist, socially moderate, remarkably magnanimous, and only intermittently passionate. In other words, the Native American world is very…American.”
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“After all, who has more reason to be contemptuous of the United States government than an Indian? It makes a certain amount of political sense that an Indian, especially a reservation Indian, might choose to become a small government libertarian or an anti-government right winger.”
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“Indian tribes are land-based and have (tenuous) control over vast resources. And they have complex constitutional rights that sometimes go beyond what even privileged Americans possess.”
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The Catawba General Council Approves Digital Economic Zone in Catawba Lands •••
 
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May 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
Beethoven 9 & Mahler 3 - both start with ferocious strength, cold and hard, as if a god is speaking, possibly an angry god without love. In both cases, notice how it ends.
Two soldiers meet, strangers, knives in hand, set to kill. One, Mahler, the other, Beethoven. Eyes meet, a beat in time, a pause, sudden startled recognition of something only guessed. Mahler reaches into his coat, hands Beethoven the score of "Pan Awakes, Summer Marches In.” Beethoven drops his knife, reaches into his coat, hands Mahler the score of “Ode to Joy”. At once and forever, they stand together, brothers, unto death, against the world, against whatever authority would call them to war. So it might be, and should be, for us all, each sovereign, each bearing songs for the sustenance and delight of others.
Pan-Awakes
 
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“Mistakes Were Not Made” ••• by Margaret Anna Alice, read by Dr. Tess Lawrie [5 minutes]
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‘#MistakesWereNOTMade was inspired by a conversation Margaret had with Dr Mike Yeadon after they had "both independently noticed the increasing use of terms like 'bungled' and 'blunder' to describe the crimes against humanity perpetrated under the cloak of Covid. Inspired by contrarians such as George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, Étienne de La Boétie, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Hannah Arendt, Aldous Huxley, Anthony Burgess, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Sowell, Roald Dahl, and Lewis Carroll, Margaret Anna aims to unmask totalitarianism and awaken the sleeping before tyranny triumphs.’
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Originally published as “Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice” ••• January 1, 2023
 
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The Malone Doctrine ••• “A Declaration of Independence from the Decisions of Institutions that Lack Integrity”
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“Integrity Lost and Regained” ••• by Robert W. Malone, published by Brownstone Institute
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Interview ••• with Ed Dowd and Robert W. Malone, produced by Tommy’s Podcast
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Related:
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Joe Rogan’s interview ••• [rumble, 3 hours] with Dr. Aseem Malhotra about statins
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Excerpt ••• [youtube, 15 minutes]
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“Reflections on a 38-year career in public health advocacy: 10 pieces of advice to early career researchers and advocates” ••• [pubmed] by Simon S. Chapman, 2015, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
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Glenn Greenwald practices (again) honest journalism: “BELLINGCAT—Who Funds the Favorite Outlet of NBC & the CIA?” •••
 
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Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems ••• by Christopher Alexander with HansJoachim Neis and Maggie Moore Alexander
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"A NEW ARCHITECTURE, A NEW CIVILIZATION
"Our book describes a revolutionary vision of the human environment: one which will, in coming eras, be conceived, designed, built, made, and widely understood as a necessity of emotional and social life. This will inevitably change the way we conduct ourselves in all the arts of building.
"From the very beginning of the building project described in this book, we intended to show that architecture can bring life to a community — indeed, that it is necessary in order to help the community come to life. Thus, we mean to show how the physical fabric of the buildings plays a necessary and unavoidable role in the success of a community. …
"The purpose of all architecture, the purpose of its spatial-geometric organization, is to provide opportunities for life-giving situations. The central issue of architecture, and its central purpose, is to create those configurations and social situations, which provide encouragement and support for life-giving comfort and profound satisfaction — sometimes excitement — so that one experiences life as worth living. When this purpose is forgotten or abandoned, then indeed, there is no architecture to speak of."
 
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Two August 2011 posts on Facebook by Ralston College •••
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“Ralston College is delighted to announce that Sir Salman Rushdie has agreed to become a founding Patron of the College. Sir Salman is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emory University, an Honorary Visiting Professor of the Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Doctor honoris causa of many universities, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.”
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‘Sir Salman is a noted defender of civil liberties: the motto of Ralston College, "Sermo Liber Vita Ipsa", is a translation into Latin of the words “free speech is life itself”, which come from an address that he risked his life to deliver in December 1991 at a dinner at Columbia University marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the First Amendment.’ —posted by Ralston College on Facebook, August 2011
 
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Tom W. Bell reaches this conclusion: “With the Catawba Digital Economic Zone, the Catawba Indian Nation can lay fair claim to creating the first special economic zone (SEZ) in the United States. Other contenders for the title fall short.” His paper ••• supporting this claim. Also, see below for a summary of Tom W. Bell’s paper.
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Journal of Special Jurisdictions •••
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Explorers Foundation’s glyph 639 on the Catawba Zone & Tom W. Bell’s work
 
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“How the UK’s 2004 Ban on Fox Hunting Led to a ‘Catastrophic Decline’ in the Fox Population: Britain’s foxes are victims of good intentions” ••• by Lawrence W. Reed
 
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Tucker Carlson now on Twitter - https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson
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“We’re Back” ••• [2:59 video] 09May23 - as of 11May23 viewed over 25 million times
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Current state of media ••• [2:16 video] 26Apr23 - as of 11May23 viewed over 25 million times
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan (born 1721) on the power of a free press:
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“Give me but the liberty of the press and i will give to the minister a venal house of peers. I will give him a corrupt and servile house of commons. I will give him the full swing of the patronage of office. I will give him the whole host of ministerial influence. I will give him all the power that place can confer upon him to purchase up submission and overawe resistance: And yet, armed with the liberty of the press, i will go forth to meet him undismayed. I will attack the mighty fabric of that mightier engine. I will shake down from its height corruption and bury it beneath the ruins of the abuses it was meant to shelter.” - probably from an address in the House of Commons, 1806-7
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Search for “Sheridan” in Here and There in London ••• [Gutenberg] by J. Ewing Ritchie, transcribed by W. Tweedie in 1859.
 
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A new way to make ammonia ••• — this may drop cost of fertilizers - depends on microspray [thanks to Jim McNelly, of Naturtech Systems ••• and to Dave Miles, of Noble Bioresources, Inc. ••• for the first clue to this]
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A new way to make microspray ••• [thanks to Robert Gore, of 4Ry]
 
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Silver Bullion, Singapore, spoke ••• with Keith Weiner, Founder and CEO of Monetary Metals about common gold opinions that he believes are fallacies, why the dollar is not dying anytime soon, and if it does, why gold is the only asset to replace the dollar.
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Discussed in this interview •••
01:17 Gold fallacies
05:11 Overprinting money
11:19 Inflation creature
19:01 Fed pick winners and losers?
21:31 Silver
28:49 Death of the dollar
35:12 Gold-backed CBDCs
38:51 De-dollarization views
 
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How Karl Popper Has Made a Difference in Our Lives — Testimonies from the five continents
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About ••• by Margaretha Hendrickx, Trumansburg, NY
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Contributors ••• — among them: Joseph Agassi, Rafe Champion, Jeremy Shearmur
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“From the Dismal Science to Critical Rationalism” ••• by Jeremy Shearmur
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Jeremy Shearmur’s lectures (23) on Karl Popper ••• [youtube]
 
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“Why Most Published Research Findings Are False,” John P. A. Ioannidis, Published: August 30, 2005
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“Published research findings are sometimes refuted by subsequent evidence, with ensuing confusion and disappointment. Refutation and controversy is seen across the range of research designs, from clinical trials and traditional epidemiological studies to the most modern molecular research. There is increasing concern that in modern research, false findings may be the majority or even the vast majority of published research claims. However, this should not be surprising. It can be proven that most claimed research findings are false. …”
 
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Two articles on how our country got where it is today:
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Norman Podhoretz - an interview with a creator of the New Left
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Lew Rockwell - Why Tucker Carlson was fired
~~~ however …
Wheel-of-Emergence.jpg
 
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April 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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“New Koch” ••• on a shift in orientation of the philanthropic work of Charles Koch, by Adam Kissel, in The American Mind ••• a publication of the Claremont Institute •••
 
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Louis L’Amour
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The Education of a Wandering Man ••• — a strenuous start, with books (L’Amour’s personal library grew to 30,000 books), introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin, author of The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself •••
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“I quit school at 15 because it was interfering with my education.” —L’Amour, possibly paraphrased
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Interviewed ••• by Hank Nuwer
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Smithsonian Magazine article ••• about L’Amour by Donald Dale Jackson, 1987
 
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‘The Crime of “Talking to Tucker Carlson”’ ••• by Naomi Wolf
 
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New faculty-led organization at Harvard will defend academic freedom ••• — Steven Pinker and Bertha Madras explain why in the Boston Globe, 12 Apr 23.
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Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard •••
 
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https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/bobby-steps-up/ — James Howard Kunstler, about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s speech announcing his candidacy for U.S. President
 
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The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Fight for Freedom ••• [youtube] the newest documentary from the Acton Institute •••
 
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Mary McDermott Shideler on Hope, a virtue fundamental to the emergence of Freeorder
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Economics as a Source of Hope, as seen by Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises, In Human Action, published in 1949, offers hope for a better future for the human race when he notes that economics is only three hundred years old, and is a form of knowledge never before available to us.
From the first paragraph of Human Action:
“Economics is the youngest of all sciences. ... The discovery of regularity in the sequence and interdependence of market phenomena went beyond the limits of the traditional system of learning. It conveyed knowledge which could be regarded neither as logic, mathematics, psychology physics, nor biology.”
And, from the last paragraph:
“The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism and all the moral, intellectual, technological, and therapeutical achievements of the last centuries have been built. It rests with men whether they will make the proper use of the rich treasure with which this knowledge provides them or whether they will leave it unused. But if they fail to take the best advantage of it and disregard its teachings and warnings, they will not annul economics; they will stamp out society and the human race.”
If I had to chose only a few books essential to the preparation of forge builders and investors for their work of listening and acting on the edges of an emerging concert of civilizations, arising from the use of the best in all of us, Human Action would be one of those books. -ls
The entire Human Action is available here, from the Ludwig von Mises Institute, in digital versions for immediate download without charge:
May 3, 2016; edited/updated February 12, 2017
 
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The Catawba Digital Economic Zone: A Native American SEZ •••
Tom W. Bell, Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
3 J. Special Jurisdictions 25 (2022), 23 Pages, Posted: 13 Dec 2022
Date Written: August 21, 2022
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Abstract: “The Catawba Indian Nation recently announced the launch of a new kind of special economic zone (SEZ) on its reservation lands in the Carolinas piedmont region. The Catawba Digital Economic Zone (CDEZ) aims to provide “A Jurisdiction Built for the Fintech and Digital Asset Industry.” Federal and state law affirms that the Nation has original and exclusive jurisdiction over two categories of disputes: those arising from contracts to which the Nation or its members are a party and those arising under any civil code that the Nation issues for the conduct of businesses and individuals on its reservation. Together, these give the Nation sovereign authority over commerce, real or virtual, that takes place on Catawba lands. The Nation has invoked this power to create the CDEZ. …”
 
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Jacob G. Hornberger: ‘In honor of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, The Future of Freedom Foundation is launching a new video series that I am hosting entitled “The JFK Assassination—60 Years Later.” FFF is today publishing the introductory episode in this series’ — Episode 1
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Hornberger begins by saying that understanding the Kennedy assassination is the key to unraveling policies currently taking the U.S. into ever more extensive conflict.
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Interview (31 Jan 2001) with Jacob G. Hornberger, founder of FFF •••
 
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Robert F Kennedy Jr – A Presidential candidate to expose corporatist fascism ••• — written by Rodney Atkinson ••• found in Freenations ••• for 13 Apr 23 by Llewelly Rockwell •••
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“The son of the assassinated US Attorney General Robert Kennedy and the nephew of the assassinated President John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced he is running for President and is the first major political figure in the West to so clearly analyse and condemn corporatist fascism – that unholy alliance between right wing big business, left wing socialism and the totalitarian State. This philosophy is so dangerous and difficult to fight precisely because it combines the most authoritarian, Statist policies of both Left and Right. …
“Kennedy says of his Presidential candidacy: ‘my top priority will be to end the corrupt merger between state and corporate power that has ruined our economy, shattered the middle class, polluted our landscapes and waters, poisoned our children, and robbed us of our values and freedoms.’”
 
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Adrianople Group - “World Class Economic Zone Research and Advisory Services
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“How Special Economic Zones Are Reshaping The World Economy” ••• by Kat Serlet, CEO of Adrianople Group •••
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World map of special zones ••• [openzonemap.com] by Adrianople Group
 
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Peter Beck, Rocket Labs, interview ••• [thanks to James C. Bennett]
 
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Jordan Peterson interviews Michael Yon ••• [youtube about 8 months ago]
 
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Joseph Brodsky on Lenin, in “On the communist origins of diversity, equality, and inclusion ideology” ••• [Heterodox STEM Substack] by Ilya R., 23 Apr 2023
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Fernanda Eberstadt on Brodsky’s Less than One ••• in Commentary Magazine, 1986
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Joseph Brodsky’s Nobel Price, 1987 •••
 
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Texas May Launch Its Own Gold-backed Digital Currency ••• by ZeroHedge, 08Apr23
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Texan senators introduced a Bill that would require the state comptroller to establish a digital currency that is fully backed by gold. The state of Texas would hold gold backing the currency in trust on behalf of the digital currency holders. A gold-backed digital currency would create an alternative and allow individuals and businesses to avoid Central Bank Digital Currencies.
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Senate Bill 2334 (SB2334); House Bill 4903 (HB4903); both introduced on 10 March 2023
 
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Jeff Deist, former President of the Mises Institute •••, will be joining Monetary Metals ••• full-time as General Counsel in May. Jeff writes about why he is doing this: ••• —an excerpt:
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“America and the West can do better, and we must. Political money is leading us down a path to oblivion. … Will we effectively steward the capital built up and bequeathed by previous generations, or consume it in an orgy of late-stage imperial delusion?
“These questions remain unanswered. But we know the path forward. Menger explained the market origins of money, Mises explained the marginal value of money, and Hayek explained why money must be denationalized. If America and the West hope to regain real prosperity, it begins with empowering market forces, rather than central bank soothsayers, to shape the future of money, credit, and interest rates. I believe Monetary Metals can play an important role in that future, which is why I’m thrilled to join their enterprise and build a more peaceful and prosperous monetary future.” 
 
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Stories of innovation
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Engines of Our Ingenuity •••
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Hero Show •••
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American Business History Center •••
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vWatt — Vortex Watt : tools & tool makers
 
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Mike Roizen interview ••• “90 Is the New 40: Dr. Michael Roizen, Chief Wellness Officer The Cleveland Clinic” [thanks to Patrick Cox, Science Officer, Mike Roizen’s company]
 
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Charles M. Schwab (1863-1939) - Steel Titan, Master Motivator - discussed on Robert Begley’s The Hero Show
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TawdchSxMIs [video, youtube, ]
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https://theheroshow.libsyn.com/charles-m-schwab-master-motivator - audio
 
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Global patents cover the creation and use of a new state of matter, wherein a variety of atoms are arranged with perfect uniformity. The resulting applications can be made at industrial scale and speed. In the near future, it won’t be possible to compete in the electronics industry without these materials. People devoted to reason and liberty currently own the patents. It's important that people aligned to these values know about this as soon. For information contact the editor of this newsletter by voice, text, or email.
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Midwestern Doctor’s Substack •••
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“One view of history identifies periodic “bifurcation points” where world history has the potential to go in two radically different directions, one positive and one negative.  It appears we have arrived at one such bifurcation point, with one path representing big tech and big pharma controlling every aspect of our lives while the other path representing a reclamation our true potential as individual human beings and within society as a whole.”
 
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From Dan Becker, at Exponential Communities •••
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For a long time I have been really interested in start-up societies (Seasteading Institute, Start-Up Societies Foundation, Free Cities Project) but have been frustrated by slow progress. Recently I read The Network State and am extremely impressed with the idea. I see how the ideas Balaji presents could give start-up societies real traction. Here is what stands out about the book to me:
▪ Legacy startup societies, appealing to governments without a history of success, appear to governments as high risk startups on numerous fronts simultaneously (technological, marketing, legal, administrative, financial etc.). Mature network unions, on the other hand, will present as established communities with  proven economic and administrative records as well as a substantial treasury. This translates into more productive government relations for network states in the future.
▪ Network unions are the birth of a new kind of institution for the digital age. They offer a completely fresh approach to collaborating on shared action in a decentralized, open and trustless manner.
▪ Network states represent a rejection of the top-down monopoly of institution creation and  embrace  a new bottom-up model of building institutions that people want and choose.
▪ You don’t need permission to build a startup society. You don’t have to change people’s minds or win an election. All you have to do is build your community on the digital frontier outside of “place” and behind a digital border.
▪ History recorded to a ledger provides an objective judge of political truth.  The ability to build a technological truth that allows people to know where they have been (culturally) and where they are going results in different decision making.
▪ The network diminishes the value of place and borders.
▪ By advocating a land last strategy, Balaji radically reduces the entry barriers to building a startup society.
I plan to spend the rest of my working life to advance this idea. If you share the passion, then I hope we can work together to build something great. Visit the Projects page to see projects with bounties that you can earn by working on this topic.
 
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Jeffrey Baldwin, Libre Institute: “How Hispanics will flourish and thrive in freedom in the 21st century” •••
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El Vaquero Libertario, by Ricardo Valenzuela, described in Threads, December 2022
 
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Reliance College •••
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Reliance is a residential college that offers a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts. Our goal is for our students to become self-reliant individuals, able to defend and advance a free society.
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Learn how to be an entrepreneur in life, no matter what you do for a living.
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An education that actively and engagingly prepares you to thrive – intellectually, morally, socially, and practically. Opening September 2024. Chicago.
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“Achievement and success require the vision of the possible and the ability to weather the actual.”
-Marsha Familaro Enright, founder
 
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March 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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News from Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) •••
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Stanford Law School dean makes powerful commitment to free expression after shout-down controversy •••
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Stanford Law School recently landed in hot water when student protestors, enabled by a DEI administrator, heckled and shouted down a sitting federal judge invited to give a speech. FIRE’s Campus Rights Advocacy team was immediately on the case, and we were pleased when Stanford Law Dean Jenny Martinez issued a 10-page statement strongly reaffirming Stanford’s commitment to free expression, explaining in detail how the hecklers violated Stanford policy, and outlining specific steps to create a better culture for open discourse at the school — including mandatory free speech trainings for staff and students.”
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Florida city bans ‘political’ events of 10-plus people in all parks, streets, and sidewalks •••
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“Thinking of organizing a protest on public property in the City of Belleair Beach, Florida? You may have to think again. The city's code requires any group of 10 or more people “who desire to have a gathering in any city park or playground or other public property” to obtain a permit from the city, while prohibiting permits for “political" or "organized events." FIRE wrote the city yesterday to explain that the ordinance violates the First Amendment.”
 
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Zachery Caceres
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“Let’s Bring Back the World’s Fair” •••
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Spencer MacCallum - a eulogy ••• for a man who made his own world, by Caceres
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Startup Cities •••
 
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Hempbuild Magazine ••• edited by Jean Lotus
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Flooring made from hemp - hempwood.com
 
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News from special zones in Honduras and South Carolina
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21 Mar 23: Próspera ••• is hiring a Head of Real Estate Development ••• — full-time, Roatan, Honduras (HN), remote friendly
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17 Mar 23: “We have great news to share: as of today, the Catawba Digital Economic Zone ••• has opened its doors to founders worldwide! We are now allowing users from outside the United States to register LLCs and DAO LLCs and be governed under the CDEZ’s legal framework!” —from Joeseph McKinney, on Telegram
 
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Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge
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"The Great Fugue ... now seems to me the most perfect miracle in music, …” "It is also the most absolutely contemporary piece of music I know, and contemporary forever ... Hardly birthmarked by its age, the Great Fugue is, in rhythm alone, more subtle than any music of my own century ... I love it beyond everything.” —Stravinsky
‘The Grosse Fuge, Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven. An immense double fugue, it was universally condemned by contemporary music critics. A reviewer writing for the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung in 1826 described the fugue as "incomprehensible, like Chinese" and "a confusion of Babel.”’ Wikipedia
Op. 133 ••• played by Takács Quartet, with full score (scrolling)
 
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How Beethoven thought about big fugues: Andras Schiff plays and illustrates the final movement of piano sonata 29, Op, 106 ••• [youtube]
 
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Paul Rosenberg’s tribute to Harry Schultz (1923-2023) https://freemansperspective.com/rip-harry-schultz/ vArcher
 
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George Westinghouse: Powering the World ••• [goodreads] by William R. Huber, foreword by Gary Hoover, American Business History Center •••
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“George Westinghouse: Servant Leader, Inventor, Captain of Industry” ••• by Gary Hoover | Feb 27, 2019
Westinghouse-and-generator
 
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Swirlds ••• “building the trust layer of the internet”
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“Create a fair and trusted cloud without servers.”
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“Swirlds is a software platform designed to build fully-distributed applications that harness the power of the cloud without servers. Now you can develop applications with fairness in decision making, speed, trust and reliability, at a fraction of the cost of traditional server-based platforms.
“A tech report is available, which is a white paper describing the hashgraph, the consensus algorithm, and the mathematical proofs of Byzantine fault tolerance. A second tech report goes through examples illustrating each step of the consensus algorithm.”
 
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The Heart of the Cheetah, a forthcoming book by Magatte Wade ••• vCheetah
 
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Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa ••• by Ilana Mercer ••• — two reviews by Jack Kerwick •••
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Ilana Mercer’s Into the Cannibal’s Pot, a review ••• published in “New American” Feb 2012
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“At once autobiographical and political; philosophical, historical, and practical; controversial and commonsensical, Cannibal succeeds in weaving into a seamless whole a number of distinct modes of thought.”
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“Reflections on Ilana Mercer’s Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa”, a review ••• published in “At the Intersection of Faith & Culture”
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“Although theory and practice are indeed mutually distinct domains, their distinctness should never be taken for exclusiveness. Theory is as distinct from practice as is the spider from its web or the bird from its nest. Moreover, just as the web arises from the spider and the nest from the bird, so too is theory born from reflection on practice. This can be seen for the truth that it is whether we are attending to contemporary political works spun from more commonplace imaginations or the philosophical masterpieces of the Western tradition.”
 
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Journal of Free Black Thought ••• [substack] vSocrates
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“Ikigai: The Sweet Spot of Fulfillment ••• by Jewel Kinch-Thomas •••
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“Radical Grace: Give a transformative gift” ••• by Jewel Kinch-Thomas •••
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“Some time back, I wrote a post for my Tune Into Leadership blog entitled “Soulful Grace in the Face of Adversity.” I was moved and inspired by the many instances I was seeing of individuals doing something they didn’t have to do in mindfulness of the needs of another person. Whether it was Christian Cooper, the Central Park birdwatcher, defending the right to a livelihood of Amy Cooper, who had called the police on him, or Jacob Blake Jr.’s mother, Julia Jackson, praying with a police officer after Jacob was shot seven times by another officer. These moments of Grace illuminate the best in us and speak to a greater purpose beyond ourselves.
“We need radical Grace—intentional, beautiful, conscious human-to-human gifting of Spirit Blessings that strengthen our connective tissue and fortify our physical and psychological wellbeing. We need to be purposeful about recognizing and acting from this place of Being.”
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“There are black conservatives and liberals, socialists and free-marketeers, traditionalists and radicals, theists and atheists, everything in between, and more besides. FREE BLACK THOUGHT seeks to represent the rich diversity of black thought beyond the relatively narrow spectrum of views promoted by mainstream outlets as defining "the black perspective."
 
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Anyone suffering from long-ETHD (possible exposure to Spork protein at ETHDenver •••) may find nattokinase helpful ••• [the wellness company]
 
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February 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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“Duke Ellington's Rooted Cosmopolitanism” ••• by Greg Thomas
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“Jazz Leadership Project founders Greg Thomas and Jewel Kinch-Thomas launched the Tune In To Leadership blog ••• to advance creative conversations on leadership in personal, civic, cultural and organizational life.”
 
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Dr. Pierre Kory on reason for “excess deaths” during the pandemic [root cause, mass casualty scenario]
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“The reason why I am reluctant to accept there was a primary intent to cause death is that I just can’t. I have been exposed to so much fraud and corruption and ignorance within the medical system through Covid, with what now seems like systematic depravity around the vaccines, but I can’t believe any suggestion that health care providers systematically began to practice euthanasia or homicide in the early pandemic. Or that the policies were formed with a primary intent to cause excess death in care homes. I just can’t do it. And won’t, because if I do, then the world is lost to me.”
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https://pierrekory.substack.com/p/more-thoughts-on-the-increase-in
 
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About Robert Gore’s “Straight Line Logic” ••• “Never underestimate the value of a question”
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Compensation, by Robert Gore [the content of that page follows]
Value for Value.
Straight Line Logic has never solicited donations because I recoil at that term. The connotation is that the recipient is receiving some sort of charity. I believe compensation, denoting value-for-value exchange, is the appropriate term.
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“Anatomy of a Cover-up: The January 6 Tapes” by Julie Kelly, February 20, 2023 [~thanks to Robert Gore’s straightlinelogic.com, 22 Feb 2023]
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“It’s possible, even likely, the never-before-seen footage will show the elements of a preplanned attack engineered by the same political and government forces that attempted to destroy Donald Trump for the better part of six years.” —Julie Kelly, from the above article
 
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Keeping Civilization Alive ••• Paul Rosenberg, Freeman’s Perspective •••
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Beautifully clear, direct, and simple — Rosenberg’s point-of-view is needed.
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This essay was found on Robert Gore’s Straight Line Logic ••• 20 Feb 2023
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A list ••• of back issues of Freeman’s Perspective and Parallel Society
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“Freeman’s Perspective and Parallel Society are newsletters unlike any you’ve seen before, dedicated to creating a new model of human life and making the old way obsolete.
As you’ll see below, our Freeman’s Perspective issues are dedicated to uncovering crucial facts that are important, engaging, and that simply are not covered elsewhere. Our Parallel Society issues are more practical, beginning from the conviction that, the world shouldn’t happen to us, we should happen to the world. If you’ve ever asked (or have been asked) “Yes, but what can we do?” our Parallel Society issues are the answer.”
 
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Oracle Films ••• “Messages that Matter”
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“Oracle Films is an independent production company with a passion for high-quality filmmaking and truth in media. Established in 2020, here's ••• a glimpse at some of the things Oracle Films has done since it's founding.”
 
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Black Books, Black Minds ••• Igniting a New World of Community, Connection, and Belonging, One Black History Book at a Time, by Diamond-Michael Scott, launched 2 years ago
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A page on ••• the life and work of Marcus Garvey, where this is found:
Black-Star-Line-1919
The above text didn’t appear in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.
Would it have fit there? Reasons for “yes”, and for “no”?
 
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American Institute for Economic Research ••• — another Bastiat Society ••• program
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“AIER's Bastiat Society of Charleston x.com invites you to join us TOMORROW, February 21st  at 5:30pm EST for an event [not an online program] with Alexander W. Salter x.com, Senior Fellow of the Sound Money Project at AIER.
“Representative democracy, constitutionalism, and the rule of law are crucial for establishing a just and prosperous society. But where did they come from? We usually treat these institutions as the fruits of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, removed from the Dark Ages.
“But this commonly held view is wrong. The political and legal institutions we cherish have their roots in medieval Europe.
“The liberties and immunities of medieval Europe are the foundation of contemporary political freedom. To understand how today's wealthy and free nations built strong yet constrained states, we must acknowledge the invaluable political inheritance they received from the Middle Ages. Without romanticizing medieval life, Salter will show why we should acknowledge and appreciate the medieval roots of modern prosperity.”
 
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How big money creates and runs disinformation campaigns to destroy competition. Dr. Pierre Kory explains the entire playbook, and illustrates its use in the case of the suppression of information about effective low-cost treatments of the corona virus. This is a superb account of a case of deliberate destruction for the sake of profit - a lesson in how a bad part of our world works.
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Dr. Kory Presents at the Lakaruppropet Conference in Stockholm, Pandemic Strategies: Lessons and Consequences, 21-22 January 2023: https://covid19criticalcare.com/dr-kory-presents-at-the-2023-lakaruppropet-conference-in-stockholm/
 
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Tanner Greer’s review ••• [scholar’s stage] of America 3.0 by James C. Bennett and Michael J. Lotus
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“It is unusual for me to read a book aimed at popular conservative audiences.  I am something of a disaffected conservative. Crony capitalism and government overreach have proved to be bipartisan endeavors, and I have long lost faith that the Republican party can ever be more than an organ of America’s governing elite. Outside of the beltway the broader currents of mainstream conservatism are so full of angry sound and righteous fury (and nothing else) that I have long stopped paying close attention them. The movement is in desperate need of a clearer vision and more compelling purpose. 
America 3.0 is the book to provide it.”
 
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“The Peculiar Case of a U.S. Embassy Attacking a Free-Market Educator in an Undeveloped Country” •••
 
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“The case for us to make is that the individual matters.” —Nigel Farage
 
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Things to affirm, question, affirm, question again … to what end?
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“Ten Lies About Reality” ••• by John Andrews, Editor, BackboneAmerica.net
 
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“Culture Wars are Long Wars” ••• by Tanner Green ••• The Scholar’s Stage •••
 
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A brilliant essay, foreshadowing the emergence of Freeorder, by N.S. Lyons in City Journal -ls
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“Meantime, much of American society’s genuine intellectual, artistic, and comedic energy—the kind of creative fire that draws bright young minds—has migrated to the Right.” City Journal’s constructive provocation: “A New Counterculture? If the Right captures some of the Left’s youthful energy and rebellious cachet, it would represent a tectonic cultural and political shift.” ••• by N.S. Lyons, in City Journal •••
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N.S. Lyon’s, in his Substack ••• “The Power Latent in a Countercultural Right” ••• commentary on the above article
 
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“The man who combined the conservative’s emphasis on order with the classical liberal’s attention to liberty.”
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“Röpke is primarily remembered as a key intellectual force behind the program of economic liberalization implemented in 1948 in the British and American zones of occupied postwar Germany. These reforms took a war-ravaged and highly collectivized West Germany and turned it into Europe’s economic superpower.”
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“Miracle Men: How Market Liberals Saved Germany from Economic Catastrophe” ••• by Samuel Gregg
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New French biography of Röpke •••
 
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A Global Airship Race! •••
 
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"Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.” —Isabel Paterson, The God of the Machine
These good people (ultimately) are fooled by bad people. But to consider them as “useful idiots” will block the understanding that will make change possible.
The above quotation is found at the beginning of the first of Robert Bidinotto’s “Hunter” books. In “Acknowledgements” he writes: “To the late philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand, for having been the most profound influence on my philosophy, values, and literary preferences. Some may even see a wee bit of her own fictional vigilante, Ragnar Danneskjöld, in Dylan Hunter.” —Robert Bidinotto. HUNTER: A Dylan Hunter Justice Thriller (Dylan Hunter Thrillers Book 1) (p. 467). Avenger Books. Kindle Edition.
 
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Interview ••• by Maryanne Demasi, Ph.D. with Tom Jefferson, MD, the lead author of the (infinitely cautious) Cochrane review of masks and the transmission of viruses. The first question and answer:
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DEMASI: This Cochrane review has caused quite a stir on social media and inflamed the great mask debate. What are your thoughts?
JEFFERSON: Well, it’s an update from our November 2020 review and the evidence really didn't change from 2020 to 2023. There’s still no evidence that masks are effective during a pandemic.
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“Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses” ••• published by Cochrane Library •••
 
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An elite without challenge becomes malignantly corrupt. A principal task of such elites is to shut down critics, disable their means of communication.
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Big Scurvy fears, hates, and silences sources and advocates of vitamin C.
 
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“One Million Strong: Riding towards the sound of the cannon fire” ••• by Robert W. Malone
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“Today, I hit a minor milestone (for me, anyway). I now have over one million followers on Twitter. That means in less than two months I went from a yearlong Twitter ban, to coming back on with under a half million followers …”
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“We are fighting for free speech, individual sovereignty, national sovereignty, medical freedom; this is a worldwide freedom movement, or a better description might be a Worldwide Freedom Alliance …”
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Robert W. Malone’s farm, Cielo Azure Lusitanos ••• — what he puts at risk for what he’s doing
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“The modern Lusitano has been carefully developed in Portugal over the last few decades to become a world-class versatile sporthorse while remaining true to the historic breed type and characteristics of this oldest of ridden horse breeds.”
 
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The Wellness Company ••• — co-founded by Dr. Peter McCullough
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Long-haul formula ••• to detox spike protein — based on Nattokinase
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thanks to Wendi Casey, Executive Leadership Group •••
 
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No debt increases; no war; more press conferences than any other president.
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“In 1924, a man named Charles Gardner wrote to Coolidge to protest the Republican Party’s nomination of a black dentist for a New York congressional seat. Coolidge’s unequivocal reply could have been written by Frederick Douglass or Martin Luther King Jr.” — Date: August 9, 1924
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Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation ••• — 2023 Centennial
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Coolidge ••• by Amity Shlaes, published by HarperCollins, 2014
 
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January 2023 - threads of freeorder
 
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Isadora Kolar writes that an Ayn Rand oriented online platform will soon be available.
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“Objectiversity Is Finally Here! — It is an immense pleasure for us to finally be able to announce our new platform, Objectiversity! For the past year, we have been diligently working on creating a space where our alumni, partners, and future John Galt School students will be able to access a wide variety of articles, videos, lectures, and a lot of other Objectivist content, all while enabling our users to interact, discuss different topics and actively engage in creating new content. Objectiversity will become available for our partners, alumni, and other affiliated subjects all around the world soon, so keep an eye out for your invitation!” — Ayn Rand Center, Europe (ARCE) •••
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ARCE’s John Galt School ••• now in 20 countries with over 900 enrolled students and 100 lecturers.
 
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Found in Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World ••• by Charles G. Koch and Brian Hooks. St. Martin's Publishing Group ••• [Macmillan]
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The Family Independence Initiative (FII)
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“The Family Independence Initiative is a nonprofit, community-based organization that is considered an on-the-ground social laboratory for new strategies to tackle poverty. At its core, the Family Independence Initiative approach is both radical and as old as our republic. Their philosophy is that low-income people can advance together if we re-ignite the resource sharing, mutual support, and role modeling that has historically helped immigrant families leave poverty behind.  They model new policies that reward strength and initiative (as opposed to need) and are led by the families themselves, rather than programs or professional caseworkers.
“As part of the Family Independence Initiative, working poor families self-organize into peer support groups. They set personal goals for their families and obtain cash payments for reporting monthly progress, such as raising children’s grades, improving their credit score, or building their savings. Every month, participating families log onto an online reporting system to record what actions they took. They also meet monthly with their peer group to discuss their challenges and successes. Proponents of FII’s approach cite this combination of supportive social networks, consistent benchmarking of progress, and—most importantly—personalized paths out of poverty designed by the families themselves, as the key ingredients of the approach’s success.”
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Stand Together •••
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“Stand Together’s vision is for a society where every person can realize their potential and live a life of meaning. That is the North Star that guides everything we do.”
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“The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” —Harrington Emerson
 
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26 Jan 23: A federal judge in California on Wednesday granted Children’s Health Defense-California Chapter’s request for a preliminary injunction to block a California law that would have allowed the state’s medical boards to punish doctors for spreading “COVID-19 misinformation.” ••• [Children’s Health Defense - “The Defender”]
 
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“Robert Heinlein's Dream of Private Space Travel Is Coming True: A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable” ••• by Robert Poole •••
 
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Hanna Arendt
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“Hannah Arendt's Exploration Of Totalitarianism” ••• [youtube]
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Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities ••• at Bard College •••
 
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Randolph Bourne Institute ••• anti-war
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Bourne is famous for writing, “war is the health of the state.”
 
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Robert W. Malone on the Project Veritas video interview with their director of research
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Malone’s Substack post ••• (with a link to Yeat’s great poem about the beast)
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“Here is the rough beast in the flesh, slouching towards Bethlehem to be born. Devoid of empathy. Avarice its purpose. It’s face glowing with joy, oblivious to the profound human tragedy it enables, reveling in the damage wrought to the web of humanity and the structure of a nation. Oblivious to the horror embodied in its words, in the very fabric of its language. Possessed by a deep belief in its own entitlement. Oozing dizzy narcissism. Celebrating corruption. Completely devoid of wisdom, introspection or self-awareness of the fundamental perversion of its soul.” —¶ 3 of the above
 
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Article ••• about Glenn Cripe & The Language of Liberty Institute, by Sarah Perry, published by The Atlas Society ••• July 2011
 
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Sean Gabb’s series of video presentations on the Eastern Roman Empire
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01. Byzantium: The Beginning: https://youtu.be/Y7IRqLcm4O8
02. Byzantium: Survival and Growth: https://youtu.be/8JTEE4pRxAE
03. The Age of Justinian – Cashing in the Gains of the Fifth Century: https://youtu.be/0T9-BVcbYTA
04. The Age of Justinian – The Hand of God: https://youtu.be/-0wbVtnwVO0
05. Into the Storm: https://youtu.be/rsrI-LR_tNI
06. Weathering the Storm: https://youtu.be/vgzVST10p14
07. Recovery and Return to Hegemony, 717-1025: https://youtu.be/s-unqoCWM-0
08. The Breakdown, 1025-1204: https://youtu.be/8246REFyLKA
09. The Last Centuries, 1204-1453: https://youtu.be/trij8eOKZMo
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Sean Gabb’s home page: https://www.seangabb.co.uk/
 
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Andras Schiff's Lectures on Beethoven Piano Sonatas ••• discussion of the lifelong evolution of a creative mind, illustrated on piano
 
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“Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice” ••• read by Dr. Tess Lawrie
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A response to pandemic, vaccines, lockdowns, shutdown of critics, etc.
 
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“Curtis Yarvin claims to teach bracing truths. But are they just consoling lies?” The Red-Pill Pusher
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This is somehow related to the idea of personally controlled computing and networks, linked in the following item about Tlon and Urbit.
 
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Tlon & Urbit
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Tlon: https://tlon.io/company — networked computing, a foundational redesign of the relationship between your computer and the internet … https://tlon.io/developers
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Urbit: https://urbit.org/ — ‘Urbit is a new kind of computer that you can own completely in ways that matter: networking, identity, & data” … “We realized that in order to fix the internet, we had to build a new computer from scratch. Good thing we started over a decade ago. Today, Urbit is a real system with thousands of users that are building all kinds of communities, software, DAOs, and more. And it’s getting better every day.”
 
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Start9 ••• [concepts&faq] sovereign computing
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embasyOS ••• “embassyOS is a new kind of Operating System (OS). It is a built from the ground up to allow anyone to easily run their own “cloud,” become independent from Big Tech, and own their own data. embassyOS allows anyone to easily host their own software services.”
 
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PANDA Uncut •••
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“PANDA is a multidisciplinary organisation with a mission to uphold open science and enable societies to flourish. 
Through exploring all aspects of science and sense-making, encouraging rational debate and helping inform sound public policy, society is empowered to make better choices.
PANDA Uncut is where our executive does free thinking, exploring new ideas and suggesting new perspectives.”
 
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Lara Logan interviewed ••• by X22 Report
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Agree with Logan or disagree, her research matters. She may be wrong about some things, but she’s a truth seeker, someone worth arguing with.
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X22 writes: “Lara Logan Award-winning investigative journalist. Lara begins the conversation talking about Ukraine and how Ukraine is [DS] base of operation, human trafficking and money laundering and many of other criminal activities takes place there. Zelensky is a puppet. …We are in a 5th generation war and the patriots are winning the narrative fight.”
 
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Carrie-Ann Biondi on Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand
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Regarding: “my article on Rowe and Rand! ••• I was delighted that Mike Rowe ••• on his own noticed it and then shared a link ••• to my article--along with a beautiful write-up on his Facebook page. That post got over 20,000 likes and 1,500 (mostly positive) comments, making it the most widely read  TOS ••• article.
Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand on the Virtues of Thinking and Producing ••• by Carrie-Ann Biondi September 22, 2022
If you are interested in other Rand-related pieces that I have published, there are several freely available:
• A chapter on Ayn Rand (pp. 67-78) in The Essential Women of Liberty.
• "Surrender in The Fountainhead," on Kurt Keefner's blog.
 
Big Scurvy fears, hates, and silences sources and advocates of vitamin C.
 
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Why everyone would benefit from a law preventing exposure to sunlight ••• [youtube video]
 
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Karez irrigation tunnels in Afghanistan ••• text and photos [2010] by Michael Yon ••• [current]
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Small Wars Journal ••• [source of above article]
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More articles ••• by Michael Yon
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See also, Caravans ••• by James Mitchener
 
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What Ayn Rand Meant by ‘Americanism’ ••• [in The Objective Standard, originally published by fee.org]
 
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Farida Nabourema: “From Africa, a Brave Voice for Freedom” ••• by Jay Nordlinger, 2 Jan 2023
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https://www.nationalreview.com/search/?s=togo
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Magatte Wade points to a future use of bitcoin, and quotes ••• Farida Nabourema on the price of coffee in Togo
 
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A new national evidence-based medical registry ••• for doctors who will treat patients according to the best scientific evidence, unless the patient has Covid or mRNA vaccine related illnesses and lives in California. But even in California it’s still legal to deliver evidence-based treatments for illnesses not related to Covid.
 
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Zero Aggression Project (ZAP) •••
 
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Evolution of the Borg ••• [Kurzweil, Harari] yes, no, maybe?
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"The Devices Will Be Inside Our Bodies and Brains. We Will Connect the Top Layer of Our Neocortex to Synthetic Neocortex In the Cloud." —Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering at Google, and Yuval Noah Harari
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Important question: if this happens will it be forced upon the unwilling? See ZAP, above.
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About the Borg ••• [wikipedia]
 
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Stoke Space ••• shows off fully-reusable rocket concept ••• [thanks to Jim Bennett]
 
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Hedera ••• Haus @ Davos 2023 ••• 15-20 January — https://hedera.com/davos2023
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We are delighted to invite you to Hedera Haus at Davos 2023. This unique space on the promenade [Promenade 71, Davos Platz] is in the heart of the action during Davos. We will be hosting receptions and content throughout the week, showcasing applications from Hedera council members including Avery Dennison, Service Now, Standard Bank, and DLA Piper TOKO. Additionally, visitors will have an opportunity to offset their carbon footprint on Hedera.
 
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December 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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Dr. John Campbell Called for an End to COVID Vaccines, full video ••• [Rumble]
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30 Dec 2022, email from Dr. Tess Lawrie ••• [Substack] MBBCh, PhD
 
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Valenzuela, Ricardo, a story, El Vaquero Libertario (Spanish)
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El Vaquero Libertario es un libro que inspira y su autor, Ricardo Valenzuela, también. Recorrer junto con él la gran aventura de la edición de su libro ha sido una experiencia profundamente enriquecedora y de aprendizaje total. El Vaquero Libertario es un gran legado a la causa de la Filosofía de la libertad y para quienes consideran que la libertad económica es la ruta para el progreso individual y por lo tanto para el mundo. Redactado de manera minuciosa, con una impecable narrativa que hace que el lector mantenga su atención a lo largo de las más de 800 páginas de su exquisito recorrido, narrado con un lenguaje tan rico y nutrido de las más bellas y precisas palabras de nuestro idioma.” —from the prolog
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"El Vaquero Libertario is a book that inspires and so does its author, Ricardo Valenzuela. Going through the great adventure of editing his book with him has been a profoundly enriching experience and a total learning experience. El Vaquero Libertario is a great legacy to the cause of the philosophy of freedom and to those who believe that economic freedom is the route to individual progress and therefore to the world. Thoroughly written, with an impeccable narrative that keeps the reader's attention throughout the more than 800 pages of its exquisite journey, told in language so rich and nourished with the most beautiful and precise words of our language." —Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator ••• (free version)
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Available through Amazon Books •••
 
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Why China will be foremost among world civilizations
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“In late 2021, the Global Times, the CCP’s newspaper, carried an article complaining about a serious lack of skilled submariners to operate China’s seventy or so submarines, especially the six nuclear powered ones and the six nuclear armed ones. However, it said, this problem is being overcome because submariners were now being obliged to study Xi Jinping Thought every morning.” —Quadrant Magazine ••• Frank Mount, December 2022
 
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Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope ••• [thanks to Lara Ewing Himber] a way to solve the problem
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Comparing San Francisco and San Antonio, showing what doesn’t work and what does
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Made by the Mary Theroux and the Independent Institute •••
 
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Gary Hoover’s American History Business Center ••• (and his home) burned and was completely destroyed. Here’s where we can help ••• [GoFundMe]
 
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The War on Ivermectin: The Medicine That Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the COVID Pandemic ••• [Simon & Schuster, distributors] by Dr. Pierre Kory to be distributed by a major publishing house. The book is published by Skyhorse Publishing •••
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This article is an attack on Dr. Kory and his thesis. Instructive, nevertheless.
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‘Pierre Kory, MD, one of the most vocal proponents of ivermectin for COVID-19, has the support of Simon & Schuster, with the leading publishing house slated to distribute his upcoming book, which claims the widely discredited drug "saved millions.”’ — Dr. Kory says, “It still amazes me they can lie like this, but I appreciate the free publicity.”
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Dr. Kory’s return to Twitter after ban ••• [Dr. Kory’s post on Twitter]
 
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“Dialogue with a Narrative Believer” ••• by Margaret Anna Alice, who although opposed to mandates and vaxxports illustrates an approach to written exchange in quest of truth that is among the best I’ve seen. I cannot recommend this writer’s Substack too highly. -ls
 
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The Free Press ••• created by Bari Weiss and her fellow refugees from big media
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“The Free Press is a new media company founded by Bari Weiss and built on the ideals that once were the bedrock of great journalism: honesty, doggedness, and fierce independence. We publish investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is—with the quality once expected from the legacy press, but the fearlessness of the new.”
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“After I blew up my career at The New York Times, I knew I was done with the legacy media—and it was certainly done with me. Six months later, I wrote my first entry for a newsletter that I figured a few people would sign up for, most of them related to me. Today, that newsletter, Common Sense, has more than 260,000 subscribers. … So today we give that company a name. Welcome to The Free Press.” —Bari Weiss, email
 
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Hedera Hashgraph is an alternative and/or compliment to blockchains.
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The Hedera Ecosystem: https://hedera.com/ecosystem
 
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Liberator Rocket Heaters •••
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“Burns pellets and wood at ~99.5% efficiency”
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“Consumes up to 50% less wood than traditional wood stoves.
 
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freeorder —> Freeorder (and the “terracotta” metaphor)
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By balancing quest conducive designed and spontaneous orders within ourselves, and within every culture, we will bring about the emergence of a concert of civilizations that could be named “Freeorder”. Or, catalyzed processes —> a new constantly evolving states of affairs — very properly felt and understood with the help of the terracotta metaphor, developed by Anas Khan and associates.
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What is Terracotta Environmentalism? ••• by Mohammad Anas Khan - April 22, 2021, published by Spontaneous Order ••• India
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Sand County Foundation ••• has a similar way of thinking about humans and the environment.
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Running with Rhinos ••• [Amazon] a true tale of adventure by Ed Warner (on board of Sand County Foundation) is in the spirit of terracotta environmentalism.
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Discover Magazine article ••• about Ed and Rhinos.
 
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Orbital Assembly ••• from one of their news releases
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Orbital Assembly is developing real estate in space to fulfill the dream of sustained, hybrid-gravity space habitation for all on its Pioneer and Voyager class stations," says Rhonda Stevenson, CEO of Orbital Assembly. "We are focused on becoming one of the world’s most extensive space development companies working together with our world-class hardware vendors and partners. OA has the technology and capabilities to build versatile space structures using commercial off the shelf materials at a significantly lower cost by building in space rather than on earth and transporting into orbit.”
 
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November 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji — Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857
The New World of the Gothic Fox by Claudio Véliz
 
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U.K. Parliament: Introduction of Lord Roberts of Belgravia
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“Andrew Roberts, having been created Baron Roberts of Belgravia, of Belgravia in the City of Westminster, was introduced and took the oath, supported by Baroness Finn and Lord Godson, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.” —Hansard’s reports •••
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Video ••• [parliamentlive.tv] from 14:38:17 to 14:41:10
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Andrew Robert’s website •••
 
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Michael Strong wrote (on LinkedIn):
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Socratic questioning is corrosive…
It’s why Socrates was sentenced to death.
Corrosive to traditions that have become sacred cows.
It forces conformists to confront why they believe what they believe.
That’s uncomfortable.
But, that confrontation is the bedrock of western civilization.
All innovation starts with someone thinking for themselves.
Having a different thought than what is accepted.
This is part of why I’m passionate about freedom of speech.
If we don’t allow and support independent thought…
We will not continue to be an innovative society.
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Michael’s work:
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Properly structured free enterprise always results over time in higher quality, lower cost, and more customized products and services.  This principle applies just as forcefully to the entrepreneurial supply of law, governance, community, housing, education, health care, and other environments supportive of happiness, and well being as it does to technology. Our world suffers because we have not allowed entrepreneurial initiative to fully address the most important issues facing humanity.
Founder, The Academy of Thought and Industry (campuses in SF, NYC, Austin, and St. Louis)
TEDx GrandRapids, "Innovate:  Experience"
Voice & Exit, "Startup Cities"
 
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Emilio Pacheco: “The Value of Gratitude: Among the seven Christian virtues, theologians may have forgotten one of the most important ones: gratitude.” •••
 
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Job Creators Network (JCN) ••• “Earlier this year as part of our Rock the Woke campaign, we placed a billboard in the heart of New York City’s Time Square calling out Disney’s decision to get involved in political and cultural debates which have nothing to do with their business.”
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“Disney Gives Chapek the Boot, Iger Returns to Change Course; Job Creators Network Reacts” ••• 21 Nov 2022
 
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Pat Wagner will speak at Liberty on the Rocks, Denver, 7 December
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Come check out our last event of the year! Long time LOTR member and Liberty OG Pat Wagner will be talking about Big Ideas from Liberty-Leaning Thinkers that can apply to everyday situations. An engineer, a philosopher, a psychiatrist, and a chemist, at first glance, are unlikely contributors to the libertarian/anarchist movements, but all of them have contributed ideas to liberty that help us better understand how to employ these strategies in our daily life.
This will also be a Christmas party! So bring your ugly sweaters and any Christmas drinks or food you want for our last event of the year!
 
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Austrian Economics Center ••• and Hayek Institut •••
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The Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Emilio Pacheco from Liberty Fund ••• for his defense and promotion of liberty and education •••
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Emilio Pacheco on the Pursuit of Learning •••
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“The Discovery of Hayek’s Thought: Since I received the news of this award, I have been piecing together the twisting and improbable road that brought me to Vienna tonight.”
 
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Warehouses of goods for the building of Freeorder, now exist, scattered all over the world … what will the supply chains look like when everyone is using these goods? Not only in academic conferences … but in workshops and farms everywhere. Where will the capital come from to support this rich supply of goods of thought and spirit underlying all civilization?
 
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Astroscale is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroscale ~thanks to Kim Long and Jim Bennett
 
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Immortal Data Systems ••• — how to know what has happened to your space vehicle or habitat ~thanks to Jim Bennett
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“Reconfigurable distributed black-box modules, each the size of a cell phone, to communicate among one another and preserve and secure data including a voice from the cockpit, vehicle mechanics, skin materials, and engine system health via mission-oriented sensors. Rescue operators respond to the onboard  GPS sensor that will gather position information after a catastrophic incident, providing investigators information to determine cause and liability.” —3
 
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A review of The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution by Dominic Lieven
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“Just why did Russia’s leaders end up in a war almost none of them wanted?” … “… Lieven presents a much more banal culprit few scholars have ever suspected: civil society.” … “It may seem surprising that this should have led to a devastating war that claimed millions of Russian lives and ended in an unspeakably violent revolution that claimed millions more. In our relentlessly liberal age, one usually expects that broadening civil society will automatically engender more responsible government. In a mournful irony, Lieven’s study proves that Russia’s war fever was not inflamed by the expected cadre of reactionary lunatic warmongers, but rather by two phenomena that students of modernity are practically inoculated to trust: the independent media and the allied professional meritocracy. Yet at every step in the years leading up to 1914, many of their representatives shamelessly championed war over peace, nationalism over internationalism, and conflict over conciliation.” — “Officers & Gentlemen” ••• by Paul du Quenoy ••• published in The New Criterion ••• September 2016
 
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Free Speech Conference ••• November 2022, sponsored by the Classical Liberalism Initiative ••• at Stanford Graduate School of Business ••• ~thanks to Linda Sweeney, Alumni and Donors Unite •••
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“Academic freedom, open inquiry, and freedom of speech are under threat as they have not been for decades. Visibly, academics are “canceled,” fired, or subject to lengthy disciplinary proceedings in response to academic writing or public engagement. Less visibly, funding agencies, university bureaucracies, hiring procedures, promotion committees, professional organizations, and journals censor some kinds of research or demand adherence to political causes. Many parts of universities have become politicized or have turned into ideological monocultures, excluding people, ideas, or kinds of work that challenge their orthodoxy. Younger researchers are afraid to speak and write and don’t investigate promising ideas that they fear will endanger their careers. 
“The two-day Academic Freedom Conference, arranged by the organizing committee, aims to identify ways to restore academic freedom, open inquiry, and freedom of speech and expression on campus and in the larger culture and restore the open debate required for new knowledge to flourish. The conference will focus on the organizational structures leading to censorship and stifling debate and how to repair them.”
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Organizers and speakers at this conference were severely criticized for proposing to talk about free speech in a way some thought should be forbidden. Nevertheless, and surprisingly, the University did not cancel the event. Congratulations, Stanford!
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Speakers (partial list): Scott Atlas, Jonathan Haidt, Peter Thiel, Tyler Cowen, Niall Ferguson
 
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Cameo Shooting and Education Complex ••• Grand Junction, Colorado — pistol targets at ranges of 1,000 to 2,000 yards. ~thanks to Lara Ewing Himber
 
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Global Walkout ••• organized by Reignite Freedom ••• — might be effective - I signed up to see what happens next. Found by following a clue ••• from Steve Kirsch ••• -ls
 
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“Truth is what remains after failure to understand. Mass failure to understand can save the world.” —a groundskeeper at Lake Perinel
 
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Michael Yon ••• “My Simple View on Trump: If Trump will run on a platform of first destroying WEF, then arresting himself for vax-crimes — let’s roll!” —on his Locals channel •••
 
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Edward Dowd’s investigation of the Covid & Vaccine situation.
Interview with Ed Dowd, from Session 93 of the Corona Investigative Committee:
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The Corona Investigative Committee:
Totality of Evidence:
Dowd’s website, started in September 2022:
Dowd’s book, available December 13, 2022 (Kindle version available now):
 
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‘The “Stochastic Terror” Lie ••• — The Left’s latest gambit for suppressing speech is built on preposterous grounds’ by Christopher F. Rufo ••• published in City Journal ••• November 14, 2022
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Pseudo-scientific mask (stochastic) used to justify speech suppression.
 
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Bach - Aria mit 30 Veränderungen Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Rondeau | Netherlands Bach Society
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Interview with harpsichordist Jean Rondeau on the 'Goldberg Variations’: https://youtu.be/RuV8J3hkjKc
 
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Vitaliy Katsenelson on classical music and value investing
 
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Soviet Union (USSR) a joke:
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Commissar (c) visits Farmer (f)
c: How’s the wheat?
f: The wheat reaches to Siberia!
c: How are the potatoes?
f: The potatoes are stacked to the foot of God!
c: This is the Soviet Union. There is no God.
f: That’s ok. There are no potatoes.
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Told by Michael Malice in discussion ••• [YouTube, at 02:50] with James O’Keefe.
 
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Interviews on mRNA vaccines - worth a hearing - by Maajid Nawaz ••• [Newsweek] on Odysee •••
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“In this special episode, we speak to an inventor of the mRNA jab technology who has nine patents in the field, the former US Department of Defence contracted scientist and now whistleblower Dr Robert Malone about information warfare and Covid propaganda.” ••• [Odysee]
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“We're honored to speak for a second time to Scientist, Dr Mike Yeadon, author of The Covid Lies and former global Head of Respiratory Diseases at Pfizer. Dr Yeadon, an expert in his field, has been censored and smeared by the same entities that dare not debate him.” ••• [Odysee]
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Both Malone and Yeadon are mRNA vaccine deniers, critics who have found things worth questioning, and who are attacked by people who fear the questions.
 
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Joe Rogan interviews Robert W. Malone ••• [Bitchute] about the dangers of the MRNA vaccines and the censorship that tried to prevent him from warning the world about it. [that has failed -ls]
 
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“Suggestions for a New Party of the Right” ••• by Sean Gabb ••• published by libertarianism.uk
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“We need a new party of the right. We need a party that really is committed to restoring us as the free citizens of our own independent country. The Conservatives are not this. The Conservatives will not and probably cannot be this. We must do the job ourselves.” … “The purpose of a new party of the right is not to advertise any degree of sectarian ideological purity, but to save England from authoritarian leftism.” —S. Gabb
 
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Jeremey Shearmur writes: Last year, I gave a series of 22 lectures on Popper and critical rationalism ••• [YouTube] 
 
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“We Won’t Forget: They celebrated our deaths and danced on our graves; We WON’T celebrate your deaths, we WON’T wish harm on you, but we WON’T forget that you did.” —Robert W. Malone, in “The Dilemma of the Unvaccinated” •••
 
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We Can and Will Survive ••• published by Brownstone Institute •••
 
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Catherine and Gregg released from prison — Catherine’s statement:
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“By order of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips have been ordered RELEASED from custody, reversing the lower court decision which led to their detention and imprisonment for six days.” ••• [The Conservative Treehouse, 7 Nov 2022]
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From Catherine:
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Those who thought that imprisoning Gregg and I would
weaken our resolve have gravely miscalculated. It is
stronger than ever.
The right to free and fair elections without interference
is more important than our own discomforts and even
this detention, now reversed by a higher court.
We are profoundly grateful for that. We will continue to
protect and defend those who do the vital work of
election integrity, and we will make sure that their
findings become a matter of public record.
 
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Statement from True the Vote on the Imprisonment of Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips:
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“True the Vote calls for the immediate release of founder Catherine Engelbrecht and contractor Gregg Phillips, who were jailed for contempt October 31st for refusing to deliver to Konnech the name of the third party who was present at a presentation of evidence of Konnech’s wrongdoing. This evidence was initially provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Q1 of 2021. In Q3 2022 information was provided to the LA District Attorney’s office in their investigation of Konnech, which resulted in the arrest of CEO Eugene Yu. True the Vote attorneys are expediting an appeal seeking to have Engelbrecht and Phillips released.
“Catherine Engelbrecht said, “Trust, honesty, and respect will always be our highest values, regarding both our work and our lives. As a result, we will be held in jail until we agree to give up the name of a person we believe was not covered under the terms of the judge’s TRO. We ask that you keep us in your prayers. Thank you to those who continue supporting and believing in us and our mission to make elections safe for all parties and for all people.”
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The above was the leading content of the True the Vote ••• website on 7 Nov 2022.
 
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The story ••• of Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips of True the Vote ••• as told on the Substack of The American Landscape ••• on November 3, 2022
 
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“War on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the COVID Pandemic” ••• [Amazon] by Dr. Pierre Kory, publication date January 10, 2023
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Pierre Kory’s Substack •••
 
 
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October 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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Seed Savers Exchange •••
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An Explorers Foundation investment ••• made in 2007.
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The 42nd Annual Seed Savers Exchange Conference •••
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“Enjoy recordings from the 42nd Annual Conference. Programming includes keynote speakers, stewardship stories from longtime seed savers, a virtual gator tour of Heritage Farm, and sessions on seed and land access, soil health, and how to start seed saving.”
 
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The conservation, study and use of old seeds ••• found on BASF’s website •••
 
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“When BASF dies, Europe dies” ••• Michael Yon •••
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“This is the biggest, most consequential news on Earth today, yet only a tiny handful of people see it.” — Michael Yon, 28 Oct 2022. Why would Michael Yon say this?
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“Cutting and burning European forests” ••• Michael Yon, 04 October 2022
 
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It’s time for authoritarians to apologize ••• by Jeffrey A. Tucker
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The response to what they have done, growing fast now, will reshape much of the world.
 
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Lara Logan ••• investigative journalist, interviewed ••• by Diamond and Silk ••• Logan appears about 12 minutes into the program.
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Logan’s current work pursues the question: What is happening to the missing children? Many thousand disappear every year without a trace. Her investigation goes to dangerous places.
 
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A new Biography of F. A. Hayek — a master of freeorder (named in many ways)
Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950
The definitive account of the distinguished economist’s formative years.
Few twentieth-century figures have been lionized and vilified in such equal measure as Friedrich Hayek—economist, social theorist, leader of the Austrian school of economics, and champion of classical liberalism. Hayek’s erudite arguments in support of individualism and the market economy have attracted a devout following, including many at the levers of power in business and government. Critics, meanwhile, cast Hayek as the intellectual forefather of “neoliberalism” and of all the evils they associate with that pernicious doctrine. 
In Hayek: A Life, historians of economics Bruce Caldwell and Hansjörg Klausinger draw on never-before-seen archival and family material to produce an authoritative account of the influential economist’s first five decades. This includes portrayals of his early career in Vienna; his relationships in London and Cambridge; his family disputes; and definitive accounts of the creation of The Road to Serfdom and of the founding meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society. 
A landmark work of history and biography, Hayek: A Life is a major contribution both to our cultural accounting of a towering figure and to intellectual history itself. 
824 pages | 23 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2022
 
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The Mont Pelerin Society: A Great Council, first meeting 1947, list of participants
 
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Herland Forest •••
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“The Herland Forest Natural Burial Cemetery is a non-profit cemetery dedicated to facilitating an individual’s return to the circle of life. This permaculture forest, located on the eastern edge of the Cascadian wilderness, combines the native pine, fir and oak with non-native varieties such as chestnut and walnut, ginko and cherry, apple and hazelnut, to create a living sanctuary that supports the birds, bees, animals, and people who make the forest their home.”
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Herland Forest was begun by Walt Patrick and his friends from the Windward community project, one of the early investments ••• (July 2007) of Explorers Foundation.
 
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One of the world’s top misinformation spreaders attempts to defend himself ••• clearly futile, we don’t need to listen.
 
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N.S. Lyons, about Freeorder, but without the word: “… an argument for why wokeness could have its institutional power and vice-like grip over society broadly smashed within a decade.” —published in “Diagnosing Our Decay | An interview with N.S. Lyons” ••• 16 Oct 22, to be found in Substack: Ideas Sleep Furiously •••
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‘I think that would essentially require two things to happen at once, one bottom up and the other top down. From the bottom there would need to arise a distinct counter-culture that is explicitly anti-woke, and which – just as importantly – offers an alternative, manifestly superior, happier, and more meaningful way of life to that of the woke cult. This counter-culture would have to succeed in becoming the cool and attractive new “transgressive” mode of rebellion among younger generations. And, critically, this counter-culture would have to strongly appeal to the educated elite, not just function as an outgrowth of populism. Because what this counter-culture would have the greatest potential to accomplish is to essentially foster the growth of a new counter-elite within the woke’s own class base. I actually think this is already happening, which I consider rare cause for a little hope.’
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A perfect description of the emergence of Freeorder. -ls
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There was, and persists, an age of Enlightenment. It has given us a treasure of catalytic substance. Now, artists and entrepreneurs will use those catalysts to produce Emergence.
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The whole of this interview is brilliant and important. It should be read with a mind open more than possible if focused exclusively on freeorder. Read as if you are an omnivorous explorer to whom all outcomes are equal. Such bi-modal reading: with focus on emergence of freeorder and then without should produce interesting fracture zones where new discovery is possible.
 
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Suppression of Dissent ••• devoted to those who speak out for truth and are suppressed.
 
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The Bourke Engine by Sky Huddleston •••
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“The Bourke Engine is the most important development in the field of gasoline-powered engines and it was invented back in the 1920s by Russell Bourke! With only 2 moving parts and a Scotch Yoke, which is the most effective way to turn reciprocating motion into rotary, it delivers more horsepower per pound than any other engine.”
 
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“atma.io connected product cloud by Avery Dennison: A platform that unlocks the power of connected products by assigning unique digital IDs to everyday items, providing unparalleled end-to-end transparency by tracking, storing and managing all the events associated with each individual product — from source to consumer and beyond to enable circularity.” ••• —this is posted because of the technology for supply chain management, not because of ESG applications. -ls
 
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DIFC Courts Launches Tejouri, the Global Digital Vault Built on Hedera
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https://www.hbarfoundation.org/blog-post/difc-courts-launches-tijouri-the-global-digital-vault-built-on-hedera
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About the DIFC, by Michael Strong & Robert Himber: "The Legal Autonomy of the Dubai International Financial Centre: A Scaleable Strategy for Global Free Market Reforms" — Michael Strong has been a pioneer in the world of free zone development.
 
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Polina Nazaykinskaya ••• How I'm Shaping Culture ••• Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation •••
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Polina Nazaykinskaya Symphony 1, April Song ••• [Epoch Times]
 
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Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine: “Without a hearing, the Board ordered her license immediately suspended, demanded a neuropsychological evaluation and implied that she was mentally impaired or a substance abuser and incompetent to practice medicine.” The Board’s action was in response to Nass’ prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, and to her criticism of the policy of withholding early treatment for Covid.
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Hearing, 11 Oct 22, 1 pm EST: “Nass’s testifying experts will include Professor Emeritus in Epidemiology at Yale Harvey Risch, M.D., Ph.D., pulmonary and critical care specialist Paul Marik, M.D., inventor of mRNA vaccine technology Robert Malone, M.D., intensive care specialist Pierre Kory, M.D. and surgeon Steven Katsis, M.D. of the Oklahoma Medical Board.” — https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/maine-medical-board-meryl-nass-m-d-official-hearing
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Tune in to hear some of the world’s greatest and most heroic doctors testify for Dr. Nass.
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For details on Stalin’s show trials see the work of Max Eastman and Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.
 
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Laurie Olin ••• a great landscape architect (and artist).
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“Frederick Law Olmsted’s Triumph: Central Park is not only a shining example of outdoor design, but also one of the greatest works of American art” ••• in WSJ (subscription) ~thanks Lara
 
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Vitamin D & Covid, Robert W. Malone: “The pharmaceutical/biodefense/medical complex, working together with corporate media, has succeeded in putting vitamin D in a bad light through their own propaganda and misinformation campaigns.” — https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/well-being-disinformation-assault
 
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"Meno" is a short dialogue of Plato's in which Socrates gets from an untutored boy what he expects to find — but to get it he must ask for it, because the boy does not know it is in him to be found. This is one of the great lessons in intentional civilization building.
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In this dialogue Socrates draws a mathematical proof out of a young man who does not know he knows it: http://www.classicallibrary.org/plato/dialogues/10_meno.htm
 
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What If They Threw a Pandemic & Nobody Came? Sending an SOS to the World — by Margaret Anna Alice, via Robert W. Malone’s Substack — this is important enough to repeat -ls
 
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September 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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What If They Threw a Pandemic & Nobody Came? Sending an SOS to the World — by Margaret Anna Alice, via Robert W. Maline’s Substack — this is important -ls
 
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Praxis: The practical alternative to college (and mounds of debt). Praxis is ideal for talented and motivated recent high school graduates, college drop-outs, and early career professionals in the United States. It can be completed as an alternative to college, graduate programs, or trade school. —from the Praxis website: https://discoverpraxis.com
 
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“My hope, however futile, is to awaken the sleeping to reason and to equip the awake with the knowledge and tools needed to understand and defend anti-authoritarian positions.” —Margaret Anna Alice, a writer worth knowing ••• [substack]
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“Letter to Alex Berenson on World Ivermectin Day” •••
 
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Force: What it means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop ••• by Henry Petroski, author of To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design •••
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A conversation with Henry Petroski •••
 
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Edward Dowd’s contribution to the history of Covid vaccinations •••
 
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“A Rebuttal to California’s Legislative War on Doctors” ••• Pierre Kory
 
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Overheard long ago, in the USSR: “We must confiscate and forbid typewriters! People are making copies of Aleksandr’s Gulag!”
 
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Salman Rushdie, David Marks, and Robert W. Malone on Freedom of Expression
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“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” —Salman Rushdie, quoted by David Marks, in “Who Will Defend Freedom of Speech? ••• published in Robert W. Malone’s Substack
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“With the hope that life remains stable, people often reject divergent ideas and blindly trust dictates. A prescribed, familiar authority appears less frightening than the risk of considering new concepts. This inclination towards security is often abused by authoritarian forces to encourage repression, limiting opposition and restricting debate.” —David Marks
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Inscribed in stone above the entry hall of the Chicago Tribune.
All the inscriptions are recorded here ••• (ef glyph 223)
 
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Robert W. Malone on “Post-Fascist” Italy
"What does Post-Fascist even mean? More psyops from corporate media. Sounds to me like an acknowledgment that Italy is currently controlled by Fascists (which would essentially be true - an alliance between WEF/EU and corporations currently controls Italy). Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy Party is set to displace them, so I guess that would make the next government "post-fascist"? —R.W. Malone
 
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Giorgia Meloni quotes G.K. Chesterton: “Fires will be kindled to testify that two and two make four. Swords will be drawn to prove that leaves are green in summer.” —source of Chesterton quotation not yet found
 
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Catawba Corporation’s new “Digital Economic Zone: A Jurisdiction Built for the Digital
Assets Industries” (Web3.0) •••
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“A Digital Economic Zone (DEZ) is a type of Special Economic Zone focused on digital industries. Special Zones are small geographic areas with different legal, regulatory, and often tax policies than their host Nations. Digital Special Zones are unique because their regulations are tailored to digital, software, internet, and digital asset industries.” —Catawba website
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US Tribal Nation-Backed Economic Zone Passes Rules Defining Digital Assets ••• The Catawba Digital Economic Zone in South Carolina hopes to attract crypto companies to remotely incorporate under its laws. By Sandali Handagama, Jul 13, 2022
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Joseph McKinny ••• [facebook] — the architect of the Catawba Digital Zone, working with Seaphia •••
 
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Quotations presented on Blue Horizons’ Substack badcatitude, found in Meryl's COVID Newsletter
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Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.'s Framework Convention on Climate Change: "This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution."
German economist and IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer in an interview to Neue Zürcher Zeitung: “One must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.” 
Opening remarks offered by Maurice Strong, who organized the first U.N. Earth Climate Summit (1992) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrialized civilization to collapse. Isn’t it our responsibility to bring this about?”
Former U.S. Senator Timothy Wirth, then representing Clinton-Gore administration as U.S Undersecretary of State for global issues, addressing Rio Climate Summit audience: “We have got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy.” (Wirth went on to oversee a UN Foundation that lobbies for hundreds of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to help underdeveloped countries fight climate change.)
Also speaking at the Rio conference, Deputy Assistant of State Richard Benedick said: “A global warming treaty [Kyoto] must be implemented even if there is no scientific evidence to back the [enhanced] greenhouse effect.”
In 1988, former Canadian Minister of the Environment Christine Stewart told editors and reporters of the Calgary Herald: “No matter if the science of global warming is all phony…climate change [provides] the greatest opportunity to bring about justice and equality in the world.”
In 1996, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev emphasized the importance of using climate alarmism to advance political objectives: “The threat of environmental crisis will be the international disaster key to unlock the New World Order.”
Speaking at the 2000 UN Conference on Climate Change in the Hague, former President Jacques Chirac of France explained why the IPCC’s climate initiative supported a key Western European Kyoto Protocol objective: “For the first time, humanity is instituting a genuine instrument of global governance, one that should find a place within the World Environmental Organization which France and the European Union would like to see established.”
 
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Proposing a ‘Coast Guard’ for Space ••• James C. Bennett, published in The New Atlantis, 2011
 
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Three articles by James C. Bennett, published in Hungarian Review •••
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One of them: “America, England, Europe – Why Do We Differ?” •••
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“JAMES C. BENNETT is a writer and entrepreneur. He was cofounder of two private space transportation companies and other technology ventures. He has written extensively on technology, culture, and society. He is the author of The Anglosphere Challenge (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), The Third Anglosphere Century (Heritage Foundation, 2007), a former columnist for United Press International, and has contributed to The New Criterion, National Review, The National Interest, The New Atlantis, National Post (Canada) and The Daily Telegraph (London). His most recent book is America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century – Why America’s Best Days Are Yet To Come (Encounter Books, 2013).”
 
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Culture, matters - not only economics ••• Virginia Postrel
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“But culture is not a tool. It is not a machine. It is an emergent order, as complex, dynamic, and intellectually interesting as the economy—and thoroughly entangled with it.”
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Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization ••• published 2022
 
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“Making Concept Art for Startup Cities with AI ••• Prompt hacking DALL-E to create cityscapes from music genres, philosophers, novelists, corporate brands, and other wild aesthetics.” —zach.dev
 
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BqETH: Decentralized Crypto Inheritance: A trustless mechanism to bequeath crypto
 
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Bret Weinstein: “Seeking truth with an evolutionary toolkit in a complex world.” & “Evolutionary Theorist + Professor in Exile” : https://www.bretweinstein.net (“Audacity, Tenacity, Veracity”)
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A conversion between evolutionary biologist, Bret Weinstein, and Steve Patterson
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~thanks to Lara Ewing Himber for leading me to this fascinating conversation.
 
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Quotation from Thomas Sowell found retweeted by Steve Patterson
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“The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices paid by others.”
 
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Of Governments: “There is a pervasive bias in favour of intervention, because the bureaucratic managerial machine is like a squid with a thousand tentacles, and it is by finding problems and purporting to solve them, that it gains access to new territories.” —eugyppius, Substack post •••
 
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August 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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Institute for Justice •••
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“On June 22, for the first time in history, a federal court awarded damages against a municipality as compensation for the intentional destruction of private property by the city’s police.” •••
 
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Singapore Police Force, Gurkha Contingent •••
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Colonel Cross of the Gurkhas ••• [Atlantic, 2006]
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Gurkhas at War: The Gurkha Experience in their Own Words - 1939 to the Present ••• by Col. John Cross
 
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Wizards cast from a Foxglove plant by David Hock, when he worked as Argentum & Iron
 
NewWizards
 
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A Perfect Graphic: Wrong & Right Enemy of Freeorder
 
Wrong-Enemy-Right-Enemy
 
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Applied Economics for Africa ••• [complete book, pdf] by George B.N. Ayittey, PhD — “This book demonstrates that the key to Africa’s development lies in building upon “its own indigenous heritage of participatory democracy based upon consensus (under the chiefs), free village markets, and free enterprise.” —Foreword, by Thomas J. Sargent, Professor of Economics and Business at New York University, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences
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Ayittey’s great Cheetah speech:
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“The Dangerous Economics of George Ayittey” ••• by Zachery Caceres
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‘His crime is a simple sentence: “Africa is poor because she is not free.’ —Caceres
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In Memorium, Dr. George Ayittey ••• —Atlas Network •••
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“Dr. Ayittey distinguished himself as an Africanist per-excellence and one of the preeminent intellectuals of his generation. He belonged to a cohort of African scholars who refuse to succumb to the intimidation of dictators nor be bought to promote their tyrannical agenda.”
 
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‘The Global Disinformation Campaign Against Ivermectin - The "Fix" at the WHO’, Part 1:
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“The biggest battle in the war on ivermectin was won by Pharma at the WHO and has since caused millions of preventable deaths. I had a front row seat to how it all unfolded.” —Dr. Pierre Kory
 
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Dr. Pierre Kory ••• [substack] on the importance of ivermectin; its use in India
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The Miracle Not-Heard Around The World: The Success of Uttar Pradesh - Part 1 •••
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“The north Indian state of 231 million people eradicated COVID with an ivermectin treatment program, representing one of the greatest public health achievements in history. It was kept a global secret.”
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The Miracle Not-Heard Around The World: The Success of Uttar Pradesh - Part 2 •••
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In Part 1 of this post on Uttar Pradesh (UP), I introduced the people responsible for UP’s “Test, Track, and Treat” program and reviewed its evolution into the most pragmatic, comprehensive, and successful health system response to COVID in the world.”
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The Miracle Not-Heard Around The World: The Success of Uttar Pradesh - Part 3 •••
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In Part 1 and Part 2, I laid out the structure, function, and escalation of Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) “Test, Track, and Treat”(TTT) Program, which achieved what was essentially a zero infection rate across the state by September of 2021. In this post, I present what was happening at the Federal level in India during the time that UP was eradicating COVID.”
 
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Hint: If you are saying something true, but simple, and are being scoffed at and ignored, try saying the same thing using mathematics to make it complex and difficult to understand. Your idea will then win attention and you will be respected. —an insight from Laurence B. Siegel’s review ••• of Nicholas Taleb’s analysis of fragility:
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‘Taleb presents a simple rule of thumb for assessing the health of a company facing volatile conditions. If sales increase 10%, will profits increase less than they would decrease if sales drop 10%? If so, that company is fragile and will not withstand much volatility. Its problems will compound downward in a death spiral, which is what happened to Fannie Mae.
‘But Taleb had difficulty getting his measure used. “It looked simple, too simple, so the initial reaction from 'experts' was that it was 'trivial.'” For fun, Taleb later joined with the mathematicians Raphael Douady and Bruno Dupire to express “this simple idea using the most opaque mathematical derivations, with incomprehensible theorems that would take half a day (for a professional) to understand.” Then, he says, experts took him seriously.’
 
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Vera Sharav “Unless All of Us Resist, Never Again is Now” ••• [text] – Full Speech – Nuremberg, August 20, 2022
 
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Jeffrey A. Tucker on the abolition of the administrative state •••
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Conclusion: “There needs to be a to-be-abolished list and any federal government institution with the word agency, department, or bureau needs to be on it. The last few years have shown us the power of these institutions and the devastation they can cause. The only sure way of preventing it from happening again is to put a hard stop on all the bureaucracies that caused our suffering. Society itself, which is smarter than bureaucracy, can manage the rest.”
 
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Presidential Executive Order 14067 ••• about digital asset regulation — scan this in context of Jeffrey A. Tucker’s article, linked above.
 
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Próspera ••• — a special zone growing on the island of Roatán off the coast of Honduras
 
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World Free Zones Organization •••
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Mission of World Free Zones: To bring together free zones from all over the world and promote their positive impacts by providing guidance, knowledge and services to our members, so as to enhance free zones’ contribution in the economic prosperity and social development of the host country.
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Vision of World Free Zones: To have free zones recognized globally as a tool for development, economic prosperity and socio-economic sustainability.
 
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From Zach Caceres, on Startup Cities ••• 5 Aug 2022
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Startup Cities reader Zane Austen has made a 12,000 page compendium of Lee Kuan Yew’s words.
The collection is brilliant, but many of the documents were old and not formatted for search. I worked with Zane to apply some OCR technology to make the archive fully searchable. So here it is: a new and improved motherlode archive on Lee Kuan Yew’s career. All credit goes to Zane.
 
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May Ranch ••• Lamar, Colorado — a story of collaborative land & water conservation
 
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A letter to Dr. Margaret Gale-Rowe, Public Health Canada, from Steve Kirsch, one of the world’s leading misinformation spreaders, in which Kirsch pleads with Dr. Gale-Rowe to “stop me” and offers an opportunity for her to do so in view of the whole world.
 
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Epigenetics, biological and social.
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Biological: A clear explanation, illustrated by dynamic drawing, Garvan Institute, Australia:
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Social: The America people have good DNA that is not being supplied with the nutrients to support health sustaining expression. Fear of allowing oneself to ask socially awkward questions can be alleviated by proper nutrition, best ingested as stories.
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A rule: fear no askers of questions — welcome them — they open windows in closed places where disease flourishes.
 
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HELIOS is developing technologies to extract metals and oxygen from the martian and lunar soil, providing essential materials for space missions.
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In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) – collecting, producing and storing materials on site – is the only way to realize the vision of sustainable human life on the Moon and Mars. Why? Because the cost of transporting equipment and materials like oxygen into space for use on extraterrestrial bases is extremely high.
HELIOS technology makes it possible to instead use the vast amount of oxygen and metals available in the surface soil of Mars and the Moon. The oxygen will be stored and serve as a fuel oxidizer, and the metals will be used to construct the infrastructure for future lunar-martian bases
Source: https://project-helios.space ~thanks to Jim Bennett
 
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A four-part article series ••• [mining.com] on the reality of how and why China retains its dominance in the Rare Earth (RE) industry — by Jamil Hijazi and James Kennedy, April 22, 2021
 
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"The truth at any cost lowers all other costs." —Robert David Steele, quoted by Martin Geddes in the introduction to his Open Your Mind to Change.
 
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Lucy Walker - part of the history of Denver theater
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The EDEN Theatrical Workshop - from the historycolorado.org web pages
Lucy Margarett Walker was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1927. She moved to Denver at the age of eleven, attending Cole Junior High and Manual High in east Denver before graduating from Wilberforce School (now University) with a teaching degree. Despite her lifelong desire to be a teacher, discriminatory hiring policies in the Denver Public School district denied her the opportunity to stand in front of her own classroom.  She worked in several different positions from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s: as a substitute teacher, a typist in a federal office, and as the first Black sales clerk at Sears (which was the result of her participation in boycotts against Denver Dry and other area department stores that would not hire Black sales staff). In 1963, Walker founded the EDEN Theatrical Workshop (a contraction of “East Denver”) to offer Black Denverites the opportunity to engage in the theater arts. Walker produced EDEN’s final stage show in 2003. In an oral history, Lucy Walker recounted her story and how she built a vibrant arts organization that spanned four decades, ensuring anyone who wished to participate had a role on or off the stage. (ID: 2020.50)
 
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Brownstone Institute ••• & The Israel Public Emergency Council working on the Covid19 Crisis
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Quoting from a letter received from Brownstone Institute:
Brownstone Institute to collaborate with The Israel Public Emergency Council for the Covid19 Crisis.
We are in close contact with our counterparts in Israel who have been battling lockdowns and mandates for this entire period. In many ways, this small country is ground zero for a public health experiment that was pushed without consultation from the country’s best scientists.
Now is time for a pushback.
Brownstone Institute is teaming up with The Israel Public Emergency Council for the Covid19 Crisis to co-host a major event in Tel Aviv in November 2022. This one-day public event will be held at Tel Aviv University and provide a forum for a serious nationwide discussion on ethics, public health, and the management of the crisis.
As in the US, the dissenting scientists in Israel have taken enormous personal and professional risks for broadcasting their research and telling the truth. As in the US, information flows have been restricted and censored. This event is a very important opportunity for the public and the press to hear another side.
 
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Arnold Kling “Four Folkways and Liberty, 8/3: Comments on David Hackett Fischer's Albion's Seed
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Regarding a topic from our recent discussion with Virginia Postrel, Peter Saint-Andre once wrote:
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‘Fischer calls the New England idea "ordered liberty" (freedom to determine the course of one's own society), at worst exemplified in the stifling, moralistic conformism that we still associate with the word "Puritan", at best in the strong town-based democracies (and suspicion of anything but local power) still evident in parts of northern New England. The Virginia idea was that of "hegemonic liberty" (freedom to rule and not be ruled), at worst exemplified in the hierarchical "Slaveocracy" that valued freedom for those at the top but not for poor white trash or black slaves, at best in the aristocratic excellence of men such as George Washington. The Quaker idea was that of "reciprocal liberty" (freedom for me and for thou), at worst exemplified in the pacifistic pursuit of commerce without regard for nation or principle, at best in a quite modern-sounding respect for all human beings to pursue their own fulfillment. The frontier idea was that of "natural liberty" (a freedom without restraints of law or custom), at worst exemplified in the violent and often-emotionalistic chaos of life beyond the reach of civilized norms, at best in eternal vigilance with regard to the sovereignty of the individual.’
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Kling cites Saint-Andre’s “Ayn Rand and American Culture” •••
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Arnold Kling’s Substack: In My Tribe •••
 
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“Was Fusionism a Fluke?” ••• by Howe Whitman, III, published in The New Atlantis •••
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“Why technocratic tyranny made allies of traditionalism and libertarianism”
 
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“The Soul of Stoicism” ••• by Peter Saint-Andre, Philosopher-Coach: Tools and Insights for Human Flourishing
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Today, 1 Aug 22, Peter recommends Otherweb
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“a different sort of news service that gives you objective summaries of the latest news (without ads), enables you to set minimum quality levels, and even shows its work by providing helpful nutrition labels. If you want to learn what’s new without that sugar high of mental overstimulation, I highly recommend giving Otherweb a try … I am an advisor to Otherweb because I strongly agree with its mission of fixing the world’s information ecosystem.”
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More explanation: Mental Junk Food (how to avoid it)
 
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July 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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Tolkien, the Mob, and the Demagogue by Henry T. Edmondson III
 
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Institutional patterns of incentives and constraints prevent the reform of politics
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Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America [Harvard Business School] by Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter [thanks to Pete Guder]
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Knowledge and Decisions ••• [Amazon] by Thomas Sowell ••• [wiki] reviewed ••• for AIE ••• by William R. Havender
 
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The “Takeover” of the Libertarian Party by the Mises Caucus •••
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New Hampshire Libertarians Hold Lockdowners Accountable ••• | Nolan Pelletier, Robley Hall, Ben Richards - interviewed by Matt Kibbe of Free the People •••
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Michael Heise, an inspiration of the “takeover” interviewed ••• [YouTube] by Nick Gillespie, editor of Reason Magazine
 
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It has been a long time since some of us have understood that the world we love was headed for collapse, and that a net must be woven into which the pieces could collapse, where the best of them would find each other and catalyze a rebirth of civilization. Much that we have done has been based in this understanding. It was the reason for the creation of the Office for Open Network, in Denver, in 1975, and is at the heart of the idea of freeorder generators. The world needs phoenix. We will fill the sky with them. Be one.
 
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“Why Brexit Still Matters” ••• by Duncan Whitmore ••• published 14 Jul 22 by Free Life •••
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“Brexit was the first battle in what is likely to prove a long war against the consolidation and centralisation of power and decision making authority into an ever dwindling handful of supranational institutions. Such global governance is operated at the behest of elites and technocrats whose radical visions for the social and economic order are scarcely within the interests of the populations they rule.”
 
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Although Florida wildlife authorities ask new beekeepers to report the source of their bees, we have noticed that there are no reports of government doing anything about the danger of foreign bee / native alligator cross breading. If you needed evidence of conspiracy, now you have it. —source: a reader of Threads who wishes to remain anonymous
 
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Margaret Anna Alice to Alex Berenson on the question of ivermectin
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A great writer challenges a great journalist, a moment of importance.
 
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Ayn Rand explains the objectivist ethics •••
 
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Covid: Prevention & Early Treatment Planning
 
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John Cleese
 
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Tai Chi Foundations in the Park with Garth Reynolds, Longmont, Colorado, August 7
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We will be deepening the qualities of release (song) and awareness (ting) in our Tai Chi practice by focusing on basic foundational practices. We will be training standing, moving, and partner work to bring these qualities to life. All levels are welcome!
When: Sunday, August 7th, 9 to noon
Where: Thompson Park (west side, north of the restrooms)
Cost: $50 (cash or check)
Bring your own water and snacks. Closed containers are preferred to keep squirrels out :)
To RSVP contact: garth@baguainternalarts.com
 
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Tess Lawrie writes ••• about how ivermectin supports the microbiome and the immune system.
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World Ivermectin Day, 23 July 2022 — a celebration of horse dewormer!
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Prevent legal blockage of access to nutraceuticals, vitamins, probiotics.
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https://anh-usa.org/action-center — Alliance for Natural Health will send a message to your elected representatives opposing increased FDA control (restriction) of access to health improving products.
 
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The Moving Picture Institute •••
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The Moving Picture Institute’s Rising Filmmaker Program has supported 454 filmmakers with a total of 818 fellowships since the program began in 2006. https://www.thempi.org/opportunities
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“We’re Doing Good” ••• - comedy series
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“The series, which premiered in March at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival and screened at SeriesFest where it won Best Performance in a Digital Series and the Caz Matthews Fund prize, follows a couple who are trying to be "good people"—or at least better people. Their unsuccessful efforts to make the world a better place, from filming a viral vegan cheese eating challenge to failing to find a compost facility while frozen garbage melts in their backseat, don’t help the world but do help them—learn a lot about their relationship.”
 
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Eric July’s Isom Comic Books: “Anti-woke comic book defies cancel culture, earns $1.7M in four days” ••• [NY Post article, 15 Jul 22]
 
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The Genesis Block 🪙🪙🪙
 
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Tokenizing and fractionalizing real world assets, the democratization of capital ownership, accomplished by the use of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).
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Interview with Andy Gastwirth, head of innovation for DLA Piper (law firm):
 
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4400 makers of a good future are attending Freedom Fest, Las Vegas, right now (14 Jul 22).
 
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The Administrative State (the 4th branch of government), article by Jeffrey A. Tucker
 
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Key blockchain projects to improve performance at the British Museum •••
 
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3D Printing Industry newsletter: https://3dprintingindustry.com/newsletter/
 
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Most Valuable U.S. Companies 1995 Through 2022 by Gary Hoover, American Business History Center, Jul 8, 2022. Scroll down to the interactive chart - it’s fascinating. Apple appears on the chart in about 2008 and by 2022 has risen to the top.
 
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The Socratic Experience: “TSE Academy is thrilled to announce customized tuition packages, starting from $317 per month!” Parent Guide: https://socraticexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TSE-Parent-Guide-V3.pdf
 
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“Reserve Your Facilities Onboard the First Business Park in Space with Gravity
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“Work and live in space in comfort with gravity. Whether you are in space service provider, manufacturer, communications provider, or a space transport company looking for in-space logistics or storage facilities, we have the capacity and onsite staff to support your business needs. 
“Our Space Station facilities can be customized to accommodate your in space business needs.”
 
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“Why I'm Giving Up Tenure at UCLA — The ideological takeover of my university has ruined academic life for anyone who still believes in freedom of thought.” by Joseph Manson
 
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Ralston College ••• : To think is to be free . Dedicated to Human Flourishing . A revival and reinvention of the traditional university . A fellowship for anyone, anywhere, who seeks the truth with courage.
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“Ralston College is honored to announce the appointment of Dr Jordan B. Peterson as its Chancellor.”
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“I am writing to share our most recent podcast episode [scroll down], a lecture given by Alan Charles Kors, the Henry Charles Lea Professor Emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania’s History Department. On April 21st, 2022, Dr Kors delivered the first installment of a two-part series on Voltaire's Philosophical Letters. In this first lecture, Dr Kors introduces Voltaire and explores the contrast that he develops in the Philosophical Letters between an aristocratic and intolerant France and a politically free and pluralistic England.” —Stephen Blackwell, President, Ralston College
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Letters on the English, by Voltaire: spark of the Enlightenment
 
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Avery Dennison’s atma.io — every product with a “soul”
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‘Atma is Sanskrit for "soul". Avery Dennison’s vision is that every product should have a unique digital ID or 'soul' that persists throughout the value chain and enables all stakeholders to see the true self (or atma) of the product. Avery Dennison launched the atma.io venture and its connected product cloud to serve as the foundation for sustainable, trusted connections between every item, every company, and every person.’ — atma.io™ is a trademark of Avery Dennison. Learn more at rfid.averydennison.com/atma.io.
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‘What is a connected product? Watch our step-by-step guide to atma.io’ : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCRJCZa9DD4
 
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C-Virus: Prevention & Early Treatment/Meds on Hand —Dr. Pierre Kory
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“During prevention and early treatment planning visit, a nurse practitioner will review current and past medical history, and medications and then formulate both a covid treatment plan and/or prevention plan appropriate to age, comorbidities, and contraindications.
“A COVID specialist doctor or nurse practitioner will provide detailed information on all component medications, including those to be purchased over-the-counter. All prescriptions will be electronically transmitted to pharmacies that are able to fill COVID-19 approved including off-label medications.”
 
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“The massive propaganda campaign which led doctors to disassociate from the reality of widespread vaccine injuries is slowly weakening in impact. A stark reality is finally creeping in.” — Pierre Kory, “Nursing Reports From The Front Lines Of The COVID Vaccine Crisis” •••
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BRUSSELS, July 6 (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Wednesday backed EU rules labelling investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly, throwing out an attempt to block the law that has exposed deep rifts between countries over how to fight climate change.
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“When men cannot change things they change words.” —said to be an old Roman adage.
 
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Glenn Cripe is leading his third Liberty Camp in Nepal.
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Language of Liberty Institute •••
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Glenn has led Liberty Camps in 33 countries.
 
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Web 2.0 —> Web 3.0 . speed, security, cost, tracking, accounting, esg, governance, freeorder . David Lin of Kitco News interviews Mance Harmon, co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph, 04 Jul 2022
 
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Virtually explore ••• the Gladstone residential library •••
 
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Joe Rogan’s interview of Dr. Robert W. Malone, 1 Jan 22
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About what’s going on with the C-Virus, history, treatments, vaccines, policy.
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This is one of the most information dense and important interviews ever published.
 
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An interview ••• with Catherine Englebrecht, founder of True the Vote
 
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Election Integrity: ProtectAmerica.Vote ••• has been initiated by True the Vote •••
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When highly placed government officials do little or nothing to defend election integrity go to the counties and the sheriffs who serve the people who live there.
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ProtectAmerica.Vote is doing this:
1. Connecting citizens and sheriffs
2. Empowering sheriffs
3. Opening lines of communication between citizens and sheriffs
4. Delivering public service messages about what sheriffs are doing
5. Building an organization to support this work
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There is a difference between honest elections and voter suppression. Why is it necessary to say this?
 
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The Malone Institute •••
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“ETHICS MATTER: Our mission is to bring back integrity to the biological sciences and medicine. We also support and conduct research, education, and informational activities in infectious disease and bio-threat research and assessment, as well as engage in other scientific and medical research.”
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Robert W. Malone’s notes for his testimony ••• before the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee on June 27, 2022
 
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“We believe that the people are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects — with none to govern but themselves; that citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in their sovereignty.” —John Jay
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This is not a perfectly accurate quotation. The source is Jay’s opinion in the Supreme Court’s second case, Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793). Here he contrasts Europe with the new United States:
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“The same feudal ideas run through all their jurisprudence, and constantly remind us of the distinction between the Prince and the subject. No such ideas obtain here; at the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people, and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects (unless the African slaves among us may be so called), and have none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty.” — The reference to slaves should not be omitted while presenting this as an accurate quotation.
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Nevertheless, Jay’s thinking accords with the evolution of Freeorder, from imperfection to less imperfection — work never to be completed.
 
founders-words-jay
 
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“Ukraine’s future: Finland or Cyprus?” ••• James C. Bennett, in Briefings for Britain •••
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“I will just add that fifteen years ago, in writing a work speculating on the shape of the world in the 2020s, I had depicted a Ukraine partitioned into two quite different states, one in the Russian-speaking east, closely allied economically and politically with Russia, and another in the Ukrainian-speaking west, more prosperous and affiliated with European institutions.  This sort of partition seemed to be on the cards well into the teens.  However, in the wake of the Crimean invasion and the establishment of the separatist enclaves in the Donbas, there was a surprising upswing in Ukrainian identity and national feeling in the Russophone Eastern Ukraine, to the point where now any partition would really only peel off the fringe on the far east.”
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“Nations are not just static facts.  They can be made and unmade by processes and events.  What we seem to have witnessed over the past few weeks has been the sudden crystallization of a Ukrainian nation of a scope and nature not previously suspected.  Carbon under pressure turns to diamond.  A population under pressure may sometimes crystallize into a nation.”
 
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Writings about the emergence of Freeorder sometimes seem as if written by Romans in the fifth century about the Renaissance to come in a thousand years. But I have confidence that warriors currently active on behalf of liberty may hold open enough space and time to allow the prophets of Freeorder to pull a Renaissance into our near future. One effect of the July 4th celebration is to help us remember what is possible. -ls
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The river of ideas and “sense of life”, that Ayn Rand started has been running through the world, underground. Tributaries to that river are springing up everywhere, catching some of the best young people in their currents, sweeping them into larger streams of Freeorder, all destined to make an ocean whose waters drawn upward by the hopes of a billion suns will bless the earth with new rain.
*Freeorder names an emergent worldwide culture sustained through quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders.
I coined the word freeorder out of a sense of necessity, inspired by the work of F. A. Hayek (Ch. 2, Law, Legislation and Liberty), and by his search for a word suitable to name his point of view (postscript for The Constitution of Liberty). -ls
 
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Right-Wing Collectivism: The Other Threat to Liberty ••• Jeffrey A. Tucker
 
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Freedom of speech and the culture of “safety at any cost” ••• by Neil Lock, published at Free Life ••• a site of The Libertarian Alliance •••
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“Yet more and more, governments have come to treat safety as like a deity; something to be worshipped, and whose worship is to be enforced on others. They seem to regard a higher level of safety as a desirable, even where the costs are far higher than any benefits that can be objectively expected, and regardless of any negative effects that might be caused to some individuals or groups of people.
“To make things worse, governments are always inclined to err on the side of over-restriction. This is because the individuals making the decisions will get kudos from their peers if the restrictions are (or appear to be) successful. Yet they themselves are not held accountable for the consequences to the people government is supposed to be serving, and will not pick up any of the tab. It is the ordinary people who will end up both suffering the over-restrictions and paying the costs. The result is a culture of safety at any cost, which favours, and tends to increase the level of, government overreach and tyranny.” —Lock
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Risk reduction proposals present a seen danger while hiding the greater danger posed by the recommendations of the risk reducers themselves. -ls
 
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The Manchester-Dakar Megaliths — remembering the future of Africa
Manchester-Dakar Megaliths
steam & quest
Manchester, England, Dakar, Senegal
Megaliths placed by industrialist Jameson Watt
and visionary poet Magatte Ayittey
C.E. 2077
Heat from burning coal
Made steam,
Cleared dead air from cylinders.
Obstacles gone,
As if waiting for freedom,
Live air of mind and spirit
Drove pistons forward.
Cheetah energy
Dreamed and built.
As a world beheld
The renaissance of Africa.
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The Lunar Men ••• by Jenny Uglow
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The Heart of a Cheetah ••• by Magatte Wade
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The Birth of the Modern: World Society, 1815-1830 ••• Paul Johnson
 
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University That Employs Clarence Thomas Shuts Down Students' Attempt to Remove Him from Teaching Position — email from Sidney Powell of defendingtherepublic.org
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QUOTE: The college at which Justice Clarence Thomas teaches law will not cave into a petition calling for his removal as an adjunct professor.
 
George Washington University on Tuesday said it will not boot Thomas, who last week concurred in the Supreme Court opinion that overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling, according to The Hill.
 
"Because we steadfastly support the robust exchange of ideas and deliberation and because debate is an essential part of our university's academic and educational mission to train future leaders who are prepared to address the world's most urgent problems, the university will neither terminate Justices Thomas' employment nor cancel his class in response to his legal opinions," the college said in a letter sent to students. "Just as we affirm our commitment to academic freedom, we affirm the right of all members of our community to voice their opinions and contribute to the critical discussion that are foundational to our academic mission," the letter said.
 
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June 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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A community-governed DeFi platform focused on Staking, Lending, Governance, and Decentralized Launchpad services.
Its objective is to give financial control back to the people, so that as a collective, they may store and grow their wealth together. MANTRA DAO aims to leverage crowd wisdom to create a community-governed, transparent, and decentralized ecosystem for web 3.0.
Started with the goal of building on Substrate as a Polkadot-first project, MANTRA DAO is now a multi-chain ecosystem offering services on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon.
 
 
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Everything I Know About Business I Learned From The Godfather ••• by Robert Gore, publisher/editor of the Straight Line Logic website.
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Amazon’s description (probably written by the author):
Three hours spent watching the iconic Godfather films will teach you more about business than any lecture on Industrial Strategies, while the novel itself offers more insight into running an organization than entire libraries of books on management.
Within Mario Puzo's landmark epic and The Godfather Films are a treasury of lessons not found in business books or MBA programs. These include:
• Why Don Vito Corleone was a great executive.
• The assets you must never trade away.
• Why it's good to be underestimated.
• The Businessman’s deadliest sin.
• The most corrupt and most powerful organized crime family is probably not who you think.
• The best degree for a business career isn’t an MBA.
• The most important choice you’ll ever make.
• Big trades and anti-big trades.
• Most people never get rich and why you may not want to.
Pulling no punches, this book takes shots at government, business, Hollywood, academia, the media and contemporary culture based upon the author's own experiences as a bond trader, financial executive, lawyer, writer, and technology startup investor and executive.
If I can prevent one person from attending business school, my work here is done.
The Godfather Novel and Movies have received their due as classics of literature and cinema but until now they haven’t been credited as a uniquely superior source of instruction and inspiration for both career and life. If you’re considering business school this book could save you two years and over $100,000. If you attended business school then condolences are in order but—MBA notwithstanding—anyone who’s pursued a career in business will be nodding in agreement with wisdom that—until this book—was only learned and earned the hard way.
 
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Butler to the World: The Book the Oligarchs Don't Want You to Read - How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything ••• by Oliver Bullough, 2022
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Amazon’s description:
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In his forceful follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough unravels the dark secret of how Britain placed itself at the center of the global offshore economy and at the service of the worst people in the world.
The Suez Crisis of 1956 was the nadir of Britain's twentieth century, the moment when the once-superpower was bullied into retreat. "Great Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role," said Dean Acheson, a former US secretary of state. Acheson's line has entered into the canon of great quotations: but it was wrong. Britain had already found a role. The leaders of the world just hadn't noticed it yet.
Butler to the World reveals how Britain came to assume its role as the center of the offshore economy. Written polemically, but studded with witty references to the butlers of popular fiction, it demonstrates how so many elements of modern Britain have been put at the service of the world's oligarchs.
 
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The Anglosphere Challenge: Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Century, by James C. Bennett, 2004
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Despite repeated predictions of the decline of America and the other English speaking nations (the anglosphere) as the world's pathfinding cultures,  James C. Bennett believes that their collective lead will only widen in the coming decades.
Coining the term network commonwealth to describe the loose political entities now emerging in the world based on a common language and heritage (of which anglosphere is the first), Bennett believes that traits common to these entities—a particularly strong and independent civil society; openness and receptivity to the world, its people, and its ideas; and a dynamic economy--have uniquely positioned them to prosper in our time of dramatic technological and scientific change, provided they remain true to the demands of these traits.
In a wide-ranging exploration from the Industrial Revolution to our near future, The Anglosphere Challenge gives voice to a growing movement that is coming to public attention on both sides of the Atlantic
 
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The Emergence of Freeorder — an impression after attending an OSI conference
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The river of ideas and “sense of life”, that Ayn Rand started has been running through the world, underground. Tributaries to that river are springing up everywhere, catching some of the best young people in their currents, sweeping them into larger streams of Freeorder, all destined to make an ocean whose waters drawn upward by the hopes of a billion suns will bless the earth with new rain.
*Freeorder names an emergent worldwide culture sustained through quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders.
I coined the word freeorder out of a sense of necessity, inspired by the work of F. A. Hayek (Ch. 2, Law, Legislation and Liberty), and by his search for a word suitable to name his point of view (postscript for The Constitution of Liberty). -ls
 
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Freedom’s Furies: How Isabel Paterson, Rose Wilder Lane, and Ayn Rand Found Liberty in an Age of Darkness ••• Timothy Sandefur ••• to be published November 2022
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“Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, and Ayn Rand: Three Women Who Inspired the Modern Libertarian Movement” ••• Jim Powell ••• published by FEE ••• May 1996
 
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Margaret Anna Alice’s article on the manufacture of belief: “A Primer for the Propagandized:
Fear Is the Mind-Killer” •••
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This is the first article in Alice’s Substack series, “Through the Looking Glass” •••
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Freeorder, in mind, depends on limits, making space for the emergence of doubt, question, and conjecture. A people’s habits of critical rationality loosen the grip of aspiring tyrants. Such habits, common in children, are precious and must not be extinguished. vSocrates vGuardian
 
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Lawsuit against FDA promised by Children’s Health Defense ••• should they issue an Emergency Use Authorization for the mRNA experimental drugs for use in children.
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We might consider such a lawsuit to be a truth finding device. -ls
 
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To take a thoughtful, imaginative, realistic, and often startling trip read Paul Johnson’s Birth of the Modern, a remarkably fine book. As Johnson shows his readers, everything about modern cultures obvious to us today, has complex ancestry fascinating to discover, and understood by only a few of those who watched and lived its beginnings. If you love explorers and originators this book is indispensable.
 
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Zach Caceres: Startup Cities on the CityDAO Podcast: Talking with CityDAO's Eric Gilbert-Williams about DAOs, Cities, and the Future
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Some topics:
• Cities as Technology Stacks
• Or, Cities as Legacy Firms in a Market for Living Environments
• The Controversial Idea of Cities Operated by Private Firms
• The Dysfunctional Incentives of Traditional City Management
• Modern American Cities as Companies that Coast on Past Success
• Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship as General Tools for Innovation
• The Role of Software in Startup Cities
• Real Cities Founded by Entrepreneurs & Publicly Traded Cities
• Platform Cities vs. Product Cities
• DAO-ifying the City, Management, and Why Voting on Everything is Overrated
• Participatory Politics in DAOs vs. UX Research and Management
• Cities and Customer Satisfaction Metrics
• Automation, Alfred North Whitehead, and a City Where Everything Just Works
• 50 Year Prediction and The Europeanization of American Cities
• 1000 True Fans, Product-Community Fit, and Other Measures of Startup City Success
• Closing: A Startup Cities Industry?
 
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“IV3, a web-based app that empowers voters with an automated way to confirm accuracy, identify ineligible records, report findings to local authorities, and stay up to date on the recent changes to your local voter rolls.”
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“Now more than ever, Americans are questioning the trustworthiness of the system by which we cast and count our votes. How does this get better? Voters can take action. What can voters do? Let’s start by helping to improve the accuracy of our voter rolls.”
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IV3 is associated with True the Vote: https://www.truethevote.org
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Unless U.S. elections are honest it will be more difficult, if not impossible, to restore liberty. True the Vote is a remarkable venture. -ls
 
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Liberty in Our Lifetime’s Prague Conference, Parallel Structures for Progress ••• October 21-23, 2022
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“This October our global community will come together in Prague for the Liberty in Our Lifetime conference.
“We will host a three-day programme of networking events and talks by prominent thought leaders on the theme Parallel Structures for Progress. Attendees will have the chance to learn about how emerging structures in governance, finance and knowledge sharing are challenging the status quo and creating the economy of tomorrow.
“If you’re a liberty-minded person wanting to achieve greater sovereignty for you and your family; a remote worker looking to move to an up-and-coming autonomous zone; or an investor interested in high-growth potential projects: this conference is for you.”
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Speakers include Magatte Wade, Michael Strong, Joyce Brand, Titus Gebel, Joe Quirk.
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Free Private Cities Foundation •••
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“Our mission is to support human progress by creating voluntary, contract-based societies. We want to change the rules of the game by taking power out of the hands of central authorities, and putting it in the hands of citizens.”
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Titus Gebel: “Free Private Cities – A New Operating System For Living Together”
 
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FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) announces $75 million expansion into off-campus free speech advocacy, defense, June 6, 2022
 
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The Objective Standard Institute ••• Denver Conference, June 22-25
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“Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing. If you want to live your life to the fullest, OSI is for you. It’s about the basic means to that end: rational, fact-based philosophy. Our courses, podcasts, and conferences will sharpen your mind and transform your life.”
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The Objective Standard Quarterly Journal •••
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“Henry Kitchell Webster’s Life-Loving, Pro-Business Fiction” ••• by Dianne Durante, in the December, 2021 issue of the Journal — “A few years ago, I stumbled across a trove of fiction that helps sate my periodic craving for books both entertaining and relaxing: the works of Henry Kitchell Webster (1875–1932). Webster’s fiction has charming, intelligent characters who pursue their goals in unusual ways. The resolutions of his novels, short stories, and plays are unpredictable, except that they’re almost uniformly upbeat. I’ve read every novel and short story by Webster that I can get my hands on. I’ve even republished all of his short stories and a few of his novels. All had been out of print for about a century, with one exception.
‘The exception is the novel Calumet “K,” which Webster coauthored with his friend Samuel Merwin in 1901. Prominent philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand described Calumet “K” as her “favorite thing in all world literature” and in 1967, wrote an introduction for a new edition. The appeal, she said, was that in the hero, Charlie Bannon, we see ‘the portrait of an efficacious man.”’
 
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Adam Smith Institute ••• Using free markets to create a richer, freer, happier world. 
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“The Adam Smith Institute is one of the world's leading think tanks. Independent, non-profit and non-partisan, we work to promote neoliberal and free market ideas through research, publishing, media commentary, and educational programmes. The Institute is today at the forefront of making the case for free markets and a free society in the United Kingdom.”
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Rights and Rand. Craig Biddle, co-founder of The Objective Standard magazine, explained to a capacity ASI crowd why most theories of individual rights are plain wrong, and how Ayn Rand proposed another standard, based on the principles for life-giving choices and actions. Yes, you missed it, but you can see the YouTube version here” —Adam Smith Institute ••• London
 
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Zachery Caceres contrasts startup cities: platform providers vs product providers.
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Zach’s tribute to a pioneer of the proprietary community vision:
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“Spencer MacCallum & The World He Made: A Eulogy (1931-2020)” ••• by Zach Caceres
 
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May 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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Blue Heron Tai Chi ••• offers a class: Embodied Daoist Book Club •••
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Monday, June 6, 5 pm Mountain Time, $15, on Zoom
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Blue Heron Tai Chi
(303) 775-5881
 
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“Those who have fought and died to defend America and its freedoms are noble beyond measure. Those who pay self-serving tribute to their valor, but make war and expend lives as means to corrupt ends are evil beyond redemption. Honor the former; expose and oppose the latter.” —concluding paragraph of “In Memoriam 2022”, by Robert Gore. —https://straightlinelogic.com/2022/05/29/in-memoriam-2022-by-robert-gore/
 
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“Masking is a totally unsupported superstitious practice that does nothing against viral infection, and yet for precisely this reason, no amount of evidence will ever convince the maskers to stop.” —https://www.eugyppius.com/p/cdc-study-purporting-to-find-substantial
 
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The Art Story: Research, Explain, Inspire
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“The Problem: Art is inaccessible! Very often brilliant academics explain art solely to other brilliant academics, not to the world at large. Volumes are written that can only be accessed and interpreted by the few.
“The Solution: Birth of The Art Story: We believe in a world where the ideas and aspirations behind wondrous art works are accessible to everyone to explore and be inspired by. TheArtStory.org helps millions of people each year understand and enjoy every style of art, from Classical Greek statues, to Dali’s Surrealist concoctions, to Contemporary Conceptual explorations.”
 
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The Socratic Experience (TSE) for Kids (online this summer)
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“A Summer Program to Invigorate Your Child's Passions: This summer, TSE Online Academy is thrilled to invite students from around the world for an intellectual journey and unparalleled skill development.
“This summer program offers three separate full week sessions for children grades 6-12.
Modeled on our core academic year program, students will engage with their peers on a wide range of readings, carefully selected videos, problem solving sessions, and mathematical reasoning games.
“By the end of the program, students walk away with deeper intellectual and technical skills and meaningful reflections on how to vigorously pursue the life they want.”
 
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Heterodox Academy’s Denver Conference, June 12-14, 2022
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“Great minds don’t always think alike, so we need to think together to address the most pressing problems of our time. After two years without in-person events, we’re thrilled to gather for HxA Conference 2022 in Denver June 12-14. Informed by our theme Renewing Spaces of Knowledge and Trust, we invite higher-education and K-12 professionals, thought leaders, and all who care about the health of education to discuss the crisis of trust facing our public institutions and deepen our shared pursuit of knowledge. Come join us and the HxA community to connect, have fun, and think in new and unexpected ways. Register below and read more about attending a pre-conference workshop.”
 
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Atlas Network ••• “Our Mission: Atlas Network increases global prosperity by strengthening a network of independent partner organizations that promote individual freedom and are committed to identifying and removing barriers to human flourishing.”
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“Educate your children ... to love the freedom of others, for only in this way will your own freedom not be a gratuitous gift from fate. You will be aware of its worth and will have the courage to defend it.” -Brazilian abolitionist Joaquim Nabuco (1849-1910)
 
 
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“Throughout this “pandemic” we have been fed an unending series of lies, distortions and disinformation by the media, the public health officials, medical bureaucracies (CDC, FDA and WHO) and medical associations. Physicians, scientists, and experts in infectious treatments who formed associations designed to develop more effective and safer treatments, were regularly demonized, harassed, shamed, humiliated, and experience a loss of licensure, loss of hospital privileges and, in at least one case, ordered to have a psychiatric examination.” —Russell L. Blaylock, MD, “COVID UPDATE: What is the truth?”
 
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The Islamic case for Liberty ••• an online conference from Acton Institute •••
 
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G. K. Chesterton: Who is this guy? •••
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Read especially the account of GKC’s book on St. Thomas, and the comment on it by Thomistic scholar, Ettienne Gilson.
 
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Jeremey Shearmur writes: Last year, I gave a series of 22 lectures on Popper and critical rationalism. They are available on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeremy+shearmur
 
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Book and Demos: The Fatal Conceit, and La Fatal Arrogancia (Spanish) by F. A. Hayek
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is co-founder of The Brownstone Institute •••
 
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More on Space Ventures ~thanks to Jim Bennett
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Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, just released part 1 of a new 4-part site-tour interview with Elon in Texas.
 
 
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Space Ventures — Where to follow what’s happening —James McCormick
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The group that doesn’t seem to sleep or eat is “NASASPACEFLIGHT.COM” (543K subscribers) Teams in the UK, Florida, Texas, California, and Australia that run streaming cameras 24/7, viewer Q&As, and voiceover for all major launches for all the companies, including Rocket Lab in New Zealand.
 
 
They seem to cover everything … including the “SpaceX navy” out of Port Canaveral, and if they suspect there’s something space-related happening, they’ll put a kid with a camera on a plane and fly him to the middle of nowhere to livestream, just in case. Many companies now seem to trade access to their launches for NSF’s free high-quality amateur streaming and commentary. They may be amateur but they actually crowdsource incredibly deep knowledge of NASA, context for what’s on the screen, and the details of spaceflight. Encyclopedic coverage and knowledge.
 
There’s also a local guy from South Padre Island “labpadre” (201K subscribers) who does very good web cameras from Boca Chica.
 
 
The guy with the most incredible documentaries on rockets and space is Tim Dodd, The Everyday Astronaut (1.24M subscribers). Elon gives him long-form detailed interviews at the launch site every now and then. First stop to upgrade engineering understanding and broader space history.
 
 
A professor-geek who does weekly coverage of space and space science is Scott Manley (1.43M subscribers). Reflects a professional science background. Compact and very good.
 
 
Amateur Marcus House (406K subscribers) also does an excellent weekly wrap-up of space news from, of all places, Tasmania. Unlikely, but very well done.
 
 
Finally, What About It? (242K subscribers) is lead by a German amateur (who just moved his family to the Florida Space Coast). A bit rougher but bags of enthusiasm, an active community, and getting better by the month.
 
 
Between this small set of channels, you won’t miss anything. Their coverage is often more comprehensible that NASA/SpaceX and often uses better cameras at launch! 😀 Any could be recommended for teens and pre-teens with a growing interest in space.
 
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April 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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Magatte Wade ••• leads Atlas Network’s Center for African Prosperity •••
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George Ayittey’s ••• economics textbook ••• Applied Economics for Africa: A New Textbook for African Students
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Ayittey’s magnificent speech, in which he introduces the African Cheetah https://www.ted.com/talks/george_ayittey_africa_s_cheetahs_versus_hippos vCheetah.com
 
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Vitaliy Katsenelson, about his book, Soul in the Game — The Art of a Meaningful Life •••
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This book will contribute to the emergence of Freeorder. Available June 2022
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Promotional page •••
 
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“The Moral Imperative of Sanctuary” ••• Jeffrey A. Tucker, Brownstone Institute •••
 
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Virginia Postrel, author of The Fabric of Civilization, interviewed ••• [YouTube] by Kunai Shah
 
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Magatte Wade, the New African Global Voice •••
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“The COP26 Plan to Keep Africa Poor” ••• WSJ by Magatte Wade
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Explorers Foundation’s investment in the work of Magatte Wade •••
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Magatte’s forthcoming book, The Heart of the Cheetah, is magnificent.
 
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Gold Bonds ••• issued by Monetary Metals •••
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Gold bonds were common in the US, until 1933 when FDR signed Executive order 6102. This order made gold illegal to own by private citizens and nullified gold clauses. For more on the history of gold and money in the US, read this article.
It took almost 50 years before this law was undone. James U. Blanchard spearheaded a famous grassroots campaign that successfully led to the abrogation of Executive order 6102. Gold was legal to own again in the United States, and gold clauses in contracts could be upheld. This opened the door for gold bonds in the US to be reissued. However, gold was no longer part of the monetary system. People were operating with dollars in mind, even the buyers of gold. Nobody would issue a gold bond in the US.
 
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Khaya Lam, “My Home” - Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa •••
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‘The best investment you could ever make in South Africa's future is to support the Khaya Lam Project. Khaya Lam means “My Home”, which is what people usually say when they have a title deed to the home they live in. This is a claim at least 20 million South Africans cannot make because their families have never owned a home. Never had a fully tradable title deed that allow them to say with pride, “This is my home!”’
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March 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
I have begun to use Freeorder to name the world we are building, and freeorder for the processes, internal and external, by which we make that world. freeorder —> Freeorder
 
If we are to defeat those who aspire, for the benefit of a few, to fool, command, control and centralize, we must do one of two things: 1) become better at lying than they are; or 2) develop and perfect a strategy that asks all necessary questions and tells all necessary truth. Strategy 1 leads to abject and enduring slavery. Strategy 2 leads to Freeorder. Choose.
 
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Peter Saint-Andre, Philosopher Coach, Eudaimonia
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Why philosophical coaching? — from Peter’s pages at ••• [many fine essays here]
Everyone – including you – has a philosophy of life. But for most of us it can be vague, unclear, inconsistent, even contradictory.
By learning the tools and practices of philosophical reflection, you can clearly define and successfully apply a personally meaningful philosophy of your own.
This kind of active wisdom helps you make better decisions, become more successful as a human being, and live a life of deeper meaning, coherence, and fulfillment.
The ancient Greeks called this eudaimonia or complete happiness, and it is the ultimate goal of philosophical coaching.
 
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Bonfire of the Governments ••• by Robert Gore
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“If human energy, thought, creativity, expression, individuality, and freedom are enemies of the state, the state is doomed. If that means every government on the planet is doomed, so be it. Welcome to the bonfire of the governments, history’s greatest conflagration.
“Fully incinerated will be the idea that humanity is unfit for freedom but some humans are fit to exercise power over others. Somebody, somewhere is going to get it right, because freedom is the only system that works. It is noisy and dynamic, but it has its own organic and adaptive order, based on enlightened self-interest and private, mutually beneficial cooperation and arrangements. It is the one order that unleashes rather than chains or destroys human potential.
“Freedom, not subjugation, will build back better. It will be a beacon for the best and brightest. They’ll be roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over the embers from the bonfire of the governments.”
 
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The Difference between an Environmentalist and a Conservationist
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Ed Warner, Sand County Foundation, interviewed ••• [YouTube] by John Caldera, Independence Institute
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Contrasting the approaches of John Muir and Aldo Leopold.
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Ed is a member of Explorers Foundation’s board of directors.
 
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The Political Thought of Karl Popper by Jeremy Shearmur. London: Routledge, 1996
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Reviewed ••• by David A. Harper, Review of Austrian Economics, 12: 95–100 (1999)
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“Popper developed an approach to knowledge and to politics which was free of authoritarian assumptions.”
 
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Candace Owens interviews Robert W. Malone
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“In this nearly four-hour discussion ••• with Candace Owens, Malone touches on the global narrative that’s intent on hunting down physicians and taking away their licenses for providing early COVID-19 treatment and how Bill Gates and Big Tech have succeeded in creating monopolies and gained control of information.”
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Thanks to Joe Mercola for posting this interview.
 
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The Criminalization of Ivermectin
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Bill Campbell tells the story •••
 
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Rowen RJ. Ozone and oxidation therapies as a solution to the emerging crisis in infectious disease management: a review of current knowledge and experience. Med Gas Res [serial online] 2019 [cited 2022 Mar 18];9:232-7. Available from: https://www.medgasres.com/text.asp?2019/9/4/232/273962
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Abstract: Medicine faces crisis with emerging “super bugs,” lethal viruses (Ebola), and stealth pathogens such as tick-borne infections. Thousands are dying worldwide of once easily treatable diseases. Ozone therapy, extensively studied, may be a valuable adjunctive or stand-alone therapy. Ebola again ravages Africa with over 2000 already dead, carrying a 65% mortality rate. The world desperately needs safe, inexpensive and effective anti-infective therapy to which microbes will not develop resistance. Oxidation therapies have shown an extremely high safety profile, lacking credible reports of significant injury beyond vein irritation. Ozone therapy, the most studied and least expensive to perform, is in itself a germicide, not an antibiotic, and improves several physiological parameters essential for infection defense. Recent reports indicate very favorable responses to both bacterial and viral disease, inclusive of Ebola. Despite lack of commercial profitability (not patentable), medicine would do well to revisit its pre-antibiotic era oxidation therapy roots, especially ozone in the current crisis.
 
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Ivermectin: Phil Harper writes on Substack about the controversy (quote follows):
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Regardless of what you think about Ivermectin, what I’m about to detail is worthy of attention. For those who’ve followed the Ivermectin story carefully, there’s something very new for you here in parts two and three, where I get into the who, when, and why…
 
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Mark Levin’s interview of Lara Logan has been added to vortex Sheridan.com
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Find there also Michael Yon’s extraordinary tribute to Logan as a journalist.
 
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February 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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The variety of opinion on absolutely everything, anything, is stupefying, astonishing, bewildering, maddening. Don’t be left out. Have one.
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On Russia and Ukraine
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Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board, 24 Feb 22:
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Paul Craig Robert’s, 24 Feb 22, Unz Review:
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Claire Berlinski, “a few notes”, 23 Feb 22:
 
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Monetary Metals: “We are a platform for products that offer investors a Yield on Gold, Paid in Gold®. We call it The Gold Yield Marketplace™.”
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Tom Woods interviews ••• Addison Quale of Monetary Metals; Transcript •••
 
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“We have designed a Decentralized Dead Man Switch, which will allow you to bequeath your Crypto assets without any intermediaries.” —JD Bertron
 
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“The first step to fixing reality is acknowledging it.” —Alex Berenson, on Substack
 
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The Phoenix: An Unnatural Biography of a Mythical Beast ••• by Joseph Nigg
 
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Trust the Science, by Alex Berenson, on Substack, 14 Feb 2022
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Step 1: Even though the world has not had a major respiratory disease epidemic in almost a century, insist one is coming SOON and we have to swab every bat in China to figure what virus will cause it.
Step 2: When you can’t find viruses capable of causing it, start making them more dangerous in a lab.
Step 3: When an epidemic finally breaks out IN THE CITY WHERE THE LAB IS, shout down anyone who mentions the connection. Instead spend two years instituting control measures that prove completely ineffective at stopping it - though very effective at ruining kids’ mental health.
Step 4: Invent “vaccines” that work against the virus in a completely novel way, test them for months, and give them to more than a billion people.
Step 5: Be surprised when the vaccines turn out to be far more effective than the virus itself at causing immune imprinting and original antigenic sin.
Step 6: Wonder why the outbreak has lasted far longer than previous outbreaks, when neither control measures nor vaccines were used.
Step 7: Call anyone who points these unpleasant facts out a conspiracy theorist; when that doesn’t work, censor them.
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For Step 8 go to Berenson’s Substack: https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/trust-the-science-18e
 
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Is it terrorism to question the U.S. Government?
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Consider this bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on 7 February 2022: https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/ntas/alerts/22_0207_ntas-bulletin.pdf — the time to take this seriously is now.
 
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Experimental Mass Gene Therapy Campaign
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“The experimental mass gene therapy campaign began at the worst possible moment, politically speaking. It began days after the last major election in the United States, and it is an interesting question as to the intention of the timing. Regardless, we have seen an astounding array of illegal mandates, enticements, and coercive methods without respect to the precautionary principle or the Nuremberg Code, much less ordinary proper data handling. While we were promised transparency, we were met with obfuscation and censorship while a mass propaganda campaign was thrust in our faces 24/7. There is a need to push back against tyranny on every front.” —Mathew Crawford, on Rounding the Earth x.com Substack
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." -Plato
 
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Isn’t the word freeorder comparable to the word hydrocarbon? In the sense that to name either is to indicate a source of power capable of transforming a world. We did not create coal and oil, but a new world came into view on the day we understood that the stored energy of the sun was there to free us from physical labor. The stored energy of the human race lies buried under layers of government and unchallenged certainties, as coal once lay buried under ancient sediments. This is Magatte Wade’s view of Africa. It’s all there, waiting, in the people of Africa, a people who need no material salvation, but need only to be free to find their places in the web of mutual aid.
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Explorers Foundation’s investment in the work of Magatte Wade •••
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La Zone de Libre Échange Continentale Africaine, Une Opportunité Pour les SME? - Avec Yaya Ismail Miss, La Société Bastiat Du Sénégal de l’AIER, 12 Feb 22, 3 pm GMT. Click here for details and to register ••• [program will be in French, SME is “Small and Medium Enterprise”]
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“Join AIER's Bastiat Society of Senegal for a discussion on: The African Continental Free Trade Area, an opportunity for SMEs? In its mission for the economic and social development of the continent, the African Union has launched a Free Trade Area in which tariffs will be eliminated. Thus, in this large market, goods and services from African countries will be able to move freely from one country to another across the African continent. If all goes well, this free trade zone will allow SMEs to find themselves in a market where they can have a fairly large customer base.
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While exploring this event on AIER websites, Amazon, or a collaborator, kindly popped up a window trying to sell me the leading book advocating the 1619 Project. Note to self: find more ways to buy books that avoid Amazon. Such intrusions are digusting. I wonder why they didn’t bother to tell me about a book by Peter Bauer or Dambisa Moyo?
 
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“In 2017, Bob was informed that he was breaking the law. His crime? Teaching horseshoeing to paying students who had not completed high school, a GED, or a government exam.” —Institute for Justice fixed this •••
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Also find on the IJ site the story of how African hair braiding was made legal, although not permitted by any law. A dangerous precedent?
 
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January 2022 - threads of freeorder
 
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Robert W. Malone: “Integrity. Dignity. Community. Three simple words that ring like bells.”
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Published 23 Jan 2022, on Malone’s Substack •••
 
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The importance of freedom in doctor / patient relationships
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“Medicine’s Last Stand” ••• by Amy Piekoff ••• [Substack]
 
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“Where as a nation, as a society and as individuals do we go from here?”
“For me, this is a battle that has completely changed my life, my way of thinking and my perspective on my government and world leaders. There is no going back for me. I will not let this great nation, this world go down the road of totalitarianism. That is a recipe for the end of the American dream.” —Robert W. Malone, https://t.me/RWMaloneMD/1279
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“American Slavery in the Global Context: an ancient evil abolished” — a summary history of worldwide slavery: its origins, evolution, and abolition ••• [no paywall] by Dan McLaughlin, published in National Review Outlook. 6 Jan 22 [no paywall]
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“…American slavery did something nearly unique in slave societies: It created a people where none had been before: a people uniquely American and uniquely grounded in slavery, with a culture of their own and an accompanying loss of historical memory of having been many separate peoples in their ancestral lands.”
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In this telling, the event of 1619 vanishes as a grain in a sandstorm.
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Jim Bennett comments: “Validates many of the points I made in The Anglosphere Challenge.
 
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Pyotr Patrushev, “The Man Who Swam From Russia” at age 18 into Turkey, and from there into the great oceans of freedom
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A four-part video series on YouTube tells Pyotr’s story.
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Pyotr was a friend, who understood Freeorder -ls
 
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If ever you could have thought of yourself as a submarine stranded and isolated in a desert of sand this ••• has been written for you. The author has brought together many such people into a kind of non-authoritarian fellowship.
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The above link is to https://thesaker.is/submarines-in-the-desert-as-my-deepest-gratitude-to-you — almost half-a-million views since 2014 — this article contains a link to a fine song by the Russian bard Vladimir Vyssotskii. It is called “Song of the Earth”.
 
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In Bari Weiss’ Substack repost ••• of a story, “Hollywood's New Rules” by Peter Kiefer and Peter Savodnik, both writers based in Los Angeles.
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‘“Especially this past year, ideology has become more important than art,” Quentin Tarantino said in June on Bill Maher’s show. “It’s like ideology trumps art. Ideology trumps individual effort. Ideology trumps good.”’
 
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“Walmart, But for Space ••• Cheapness isn’t just about rockets — it will change the design of everything we send up,” by Rand Simberg — in The New Atlantis •••
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Transterrestrial Musings: Biting Commentary about Infinity…and Beyond! ••• Rand Simberg’s blog
 
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Arizona, education: The money will follow the child
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“If a school closes for even one day, students and families who meet the income requirements can utilize the Open for Learning Recovery Benefit Program — allowing students to access instruction that best meets their needs.” -Governor’s announcement •••
 
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Qigong Routine for Healing, with Jeffrey Chand •••
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Jeff Chand’s web pages ••• [YouTube, recommended by Jan Prince]
 
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December 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Interview ••• with an interesting man, Dr. Loren Pickart, discoverer of the GHK-cu peptide. The interviewer is Janet Du, cofounder of Active Peptide Company.
 
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Truth for Health Foundation ••• [about] - Elizabeth Lee Vleit, Peter McCullough, Michael Yeadon, Paul Alexander - in my opinion, among the best providers of information on the C-Virus, vaccines, and consequences of policies -ls
 
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Bari Weiss on Roya Hakakian’s book for immigrants
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‘On the surface, Roya Hakakian doesn’t have much in common with Alexis de Tocqueville. Him: French. Her: Iranian. Him: Catholic. Her: Jewish. Him: an aristocrat. Her: the daughter of refugees who fled political oppression in Iran during the peak of the Iran-Iraq war.
‘But Tocqueville, whom Roya mentions in her essay below, illuminated for native-born Americans what was special about their democracy. And that is just what Roya Hakakian—in her moving new book, A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious—does, too, nearly two centuries later. It is, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “a love letter to America” but one “written by an exacting lover who isn’t blind to this country’s flaws.” Some of America’s sharpest observers are foreign born. My friend Roya Hakakian is among them.”’ ••• [the entire article]
 
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U.S. Naval Institute Blog ••• on cognitive diversity, by Michael H. Bartlett
 
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The Great Barrington Declaration •••
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One year after the Great Barrington Declaration •••
 
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food, soil, health, climate: “Seth Itzkan, environmental futurist and co-founder and co-director of Soil4Climate, who suggests fake meat products are destroying the environment by perpetuating a harmful reliance on genetically engineered (GE) grains while accelerating soil loss and detracting from regenerative agriculture.” ••• Soil4Climate Impossible Foods
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Possibly permanent link if Mercola is forced to delete his article ••• [public Dropbox]
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vLeopold vWatt vMethuselah [related explorers foundation vortices]
 
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Michael Yon ••• defends Lara Logan (journalist) against attempts to destroy her reputation and work. See Explorers Foundation Vortex Sheridan http://explorersfoundation.org/sheridan.html
 
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November 2021 - threads of freeorder
Crossings
A bridge, long started, now to be completed.
I stand on a rough dangerous shore. Here.
Across a wide strait is another place. There.
I dream of crossing.
Here, I make a small sunlit island. My There.
On all sides wrapped with fog and darkness.
I will cross to a new There.
From all sides flooded with light.
My friends, each of you makes that light.
We stand on rough dangerous shores. Here.
Across a wide strait is another place. There.
We dream of crossing.
Here, we make small sunlit islands. Our There.
On all sides wrapped with fog and darkness.
We will cross to a new There.
From all sides flooded with light.
The all of us makes that light.
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Never underestimate the power of a question. —Robert Gore http://straightlinelogic.com
 
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How Michael Shermer’s regular column came to an end ••• [Scientific American Goes Woke] as editorial policy abandoned commitment to rationality ~thanks to Pat Wagner for the link to Shermer
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Refugees continue to migrate to Substack ••• “The Home for Great Writing” and an island of light in the emergence of freeorder. The work of the refugees is putting established once trusted publications in deepening disgrace and shadow.
 
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Francisco Varela
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“I guess I've had only one question all my life. Why do emergent selves, virtual identities, pop up all over the place creating worlds, whether at the mind/body level, the cellular level, or the transorganism level? This phenomenon is something so productive that it doesn't cease creating entirely new realms: life, mind, and societies. Yet these emergent selves are based on processes so shifty, so ungrounded, that we have an apparent paradox between the solidity of what appears to show up and its groundlessness. That, to me, is a key and eternal question.” •••
 
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Robert Jay Rowen’s medical textbook chapter ••• on ozone therapy is now online
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Abstract
Nonpharmacological approaches can be useful to control infectious diseases. Historically infection has been successfully managed with oxidation therapy methods that support the body's own innate defenses. Several modalities include ozone and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI), intravenous hydrogen peroxide, and ascorbate therapies. Oxidation therapies are virtually 100% safe, and repeatedly reported as highly and quickly effective in quelling infection (bacterial and viral) either as stand-alone therapies or adjunctive with drugs. They are directly and indirectly germicidal, and modulate the immune system via pro-oxidant signaling molecules. Oxidation therapies especially enhance oxygen delivery and metabolism, critical for all infection defenses. Ozone has remitted Ebola, COVID-19, and bacterial infections. UBI defeated most preantibiotic era infections in hospitals. Not being drug therapy, the effects of oxidation defenses, used by planetary animal life for millions of years, are not diminished by antibiotic-resistant organisms. Oxidation, depending on delivery method, can be very inexpensive and third world adaptable. This chapter summarizes the use of these key modalities, by exploring known published literature. •••
 
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Sharyl Attkisson lists mistakes made about the virus and vaccines and asks: “Thoughts?”
 
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Social Software: “Preparing for Windward’s: fifth voyage of discovery” July 29, 2021
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“Note: what follows is a somewhat whimsical presentation of some thoughts on the next leg of our journey to windward. The development of social software is similar to the development of any other form of software. You write up some code, compile it and then see how it runs. The next step involves keeping the parts that work as you focus on what didn't work to your satisfaction. Then you recompile the next version of the code, and see how that runs. Windward's in the process of compiling version 5.0 of its organizational software.”
 
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New Cities, New Lands — places for dreams to become reality (or not)
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“The Enterprise of Community” ••• Spencer MacCallum
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“Leading with a Gift” ••• Mark Frazier, Openworld •••
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Telosa ••• — a vision for a new city in the American desert
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Prospera ••• a new city on the island of Roatán, Honduras
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Orbital Assembly ••• — real estate in space
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Social Software ••• Windward Education and Research Center •••
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Human Action ••• Ludwig von Mises — why prices matter
 
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“Political systems and constitutional arrangements which were neither planned nor made but have grown up, are like living beings: dark repositories of an imperfectly known past which can never be completely obliterated. Even in new forms, occasioned by needs, dormant shapes are apt to revive – the response of the unconscious memory inherent in the organism and moulding its nature. To hunt for analogies in the past is antiquarianism; to trace continuity in its variants is history.” L. B. Namier, Conflicts: Studies in Contemporary History, 1942 — This quotation is used by Andrew Roberts to introduce his biography of King George III, The Last King of America. See page vii-viii.
Roberts, Andrew. The Last King of America (p. vii). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
 
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George III: The Last King of America ••• by Andrew Roberts
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“The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating – and will completely change the way readers and historians view his reign and legacy. Most Americans dismiss George III as a buffoon – a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathan Groff’s preening, spitting, and pompous take in Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway masterpiece. But this deeply unflattering characterization is rooted in the prejudiced and brilliantly persuasive opinions of eighteenth-century revolutionaries like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, who needed to make the king appear evil in order to achieve their own political aims.” ~recommended by Michael J. Lotus, co-author of America 3.0 ••• [excellent review by Tanner Greer]
 
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Jim Bennett is quoted extensively in a Washington Examiner article ••• on the space industry
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“We are on the cusp of transition in space transportation comparable to the introduction of the DC-3 in aviation, or perhaps the transition from reciprocating engines to jets in commercial aviation,” said James Bennett, the chief regulatory officer for Immortal Data Inc. “The maritime analogy would be from sailing ships to steam in ocean navigation — perhaps the best analogy because steam changed the way everything was done in ocean transport.” (Musk’s Starship, Bezos’ Blue Origin, and more, in the article)
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Jim points to “Best explanation of Starship's significance yet”: Casey Handmer’s “Starship is Still Not Understood” •••
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Program of the Space Settlement 2021 conference ••• where Jim was on a panel exploring financial aspects of the space industry.
 
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“… the single most important price in all of capitalism is the price of debt and equity capital: Efficient pricing and allocation of scarce capital is the elixir which makes prosperity go … the central bank has turned Wall Street into a giant, dangerous, wasteful casino that channels both financial and human capital from productive uses into mindless wagering. At length, the resulting capricious windfall gains and losses create social unrest, even as they detract from the business of sustainable growth and wealth creation.” —David Stockman ••• in an article ••• republished by Lew Rockwell on 12 Feb 2021
 
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Newsweek just published an “Opinion” article ••• on universities that included this: “… faculty, students and alumni need to demand that their administrations refrain from taking social and political positions. The University of Chicago put forward this principle of neutrality in its seminal 1967 Kalven report. The report maintains that the university cannot project a singular institutional voice on contentious social and political issues of the day without fundamentally undermining its mission.”
 
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“It’s hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” —Thomas Sowell
 
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“A Guide to Home-Based Covid Treatment” ••• American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) •••
 
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Martin Geddes ••• writes ••• “Stop complaining about criminals running media and tech corporations, and bypass their power; it is everyone’s responsibility to innovate around the enemy.”
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Open Your Mind to Change ••• by Martin Geddes - one of the most cancelled books.
 
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“Our findings reveal a potential molecular mechanism by which the spike protein might impede adaptive immunity and underscore the potential side effects of full-length spike-based vaccines.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538446/
 
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October 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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The Chicago Thinker ••• a student newspaper at University of Chicago
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“Some things are too sacred to surrender to the mob, and the free exchange of ideas is one of them. The Chicago Thinker challenges the mob’s crusade against free speech by publishing thoughtful conservative and libertarian commentary, in addition to fact-driven reporting.” —The Mission of the Chicago Thinker
 
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COSM Technology Conference ••• 10-12 November 2021, Bellevue, Washington vWatt
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“COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it. From artificial intelligence to 5G and WiFi6, from tokenized time to blockchain, from cloud computing to the quantum revolution, from the “spatial web” to the efflorescence of space flight, it is all ascending in Seattle, and at COSM. The mission of the conference is to stimulate debate and deliberation amongst industry leaders on the unities animating these apparently divergent technology areas. Held at the Bellevue Hyatt, the summit illuminates the synergy between Seattle and the world and provides a scene of civilized conversation and exchange.”
 
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Out of Control: Emergent Leadership in a Complex World ••• Neil Chilson ••• [Substack]
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Looks like another book about freeorder. -ls vHayek
 
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Renaissance: The Rebirth of Liberty in the Heart of Europe ••• Václav Klaus, July 1997 vArcher
 
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Stand Together ••• is a philanthropic community: “We identify, vet, and create organizations that discover innovative ways to remove barriers in education, business, communities, and government so every person can rise. We partner with these groups by offering tools and resources to dramatically increase their effectiveness and scale. We can all make a greater difference by uniting together than by acting on our own.”
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“Believe in people – every person has a unique gift. To succeed as a society, we need to help every person find and express that gift so they can contribute to solving the problems we face.
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“That’s why bottom-up solutions tend to work best. Because the people closest to the problem are best able to solve it. We’ve found that people who tend to be overlooked often have the most to contribute.
“And that’s why we all have to step out of our comfort zones and work with people we never thought we would. It’s so important to unite with anyone to do right. Even when we disagree on other issues, we do best when we look past our differences and find common ground.
“That’s certainly been the case for us. As we’ve applied these lessons over the past few years in particular, we’ve partnered with a wider diversity of people and accomplished more than ever before.”
 
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The Mercantile Library of New York City ••• (one of a number of Working Men’s Libraries) a private library funded by the city’s wealthy business leaders as a source of knowledge for their employees. A young (probably 23-24) Adolphus W. Green (1843-1817) became head librarian there. In 1898, AW because co-founder of the National Biscuit Company.
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“The Center for Fiction, founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library, is the only organization in the United States devoted solely to the vital art of fiction. The mission of The Center for Fiction is to encourage people to read and value fiction and to support and celebrate its creation and enjoyment. With all our resources, including our exceptional book collection, our expanding website, and our ever-growing array of creative programs, we seek to serve the reading public, to build a larger audience for fiction, and to create a place where readers and writers can share their passion for literature.” •••
 
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Archive of Our Own ••• “A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic” — over 4,000,000 users — is currently [10/16/21 7:33 MT] running a fundraiser asking users to donate $40,000, and has so far raised $162,820.10 — the users must like the service offered :-)
 
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Gladstone’s Library ••• “The library's priority is to build and nurture a wide network of writers and thinkers in order to maintain William Gladstone's legacy of engagement with social, moral and spiritual questions.” vArcher
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“In 1895, at the age of 85, William Gladstone gave £40,000 and much of his own library. Armed with only his valet and one of his daughters, William Gladstone wheeled 32,000 books three quarters of a mile between his home at Hawarden Castle and the library. He unpacked them and put them onto shelves using his own catalogue system.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone%27s_Library
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By Gladstone’s enterprise, books that had no readers became available to readers who had no books.
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“Sleeping in the Stacks?: Gladstone's Library in Wales” ••• by Greg Garett ••• contributor to HuffPost.
 
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Why I Left America’s Failing Universities ••• an interview with Carrie-Ann Biondi
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Published by The Objective Standard •••
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Professor Biondi is an advisor to Alumni and Donors Unite •••
 
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Updated Vortex Cheetah ••• African freeorder awakening
 
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“The woke blob swallows the University of San Diego” ••• by Linda Sweeney and Scott Yenor, published in American Mind
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Linda Sweeney founded Alumni and Donors Unite to take back ground lost to Social Justice Theory takeovers of universities. Explorers Foundation has invested in her startup.
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A great university would have some professors of social justice theory, and it would have exponents of contending theories. The students would not be kept safe from disagreements. They would learn in an environment that prepared them for a world filled with variety of opinion. -ls
 
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Why Life Jackets Should Be Mandatory •••
 
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The BioSecurity State & Loss of Freedom
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“Freedoms are being tied to being up-to-date on your vaccinations, and once COVID-19 disappears, if ever, they’ll just come out with something else that must be injected into
you if you want to work, go to school, travel, shop or live a semi-normal life.
“This is what the new biosecurity state is built around. The question is, is that any kind of life? Is that how we want to live? Is this the world we want for our children and grandchildren? If not, we must all do our part and resist mandates, vaccine passports and restrictions based on vaccine status. The good news is, together we can win, because there are far more of us than there are of them.” —Dr. Joseph Mercola
 
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Anglosphere-Lusosphere Summit
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Principal speakers: James C. Bennett, author of The Anglosphere Challenge ••• and Prof. Valnora Leister, author of Brazil and the Emergence of the Digital Lusosphere ••• at the summit meeting in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  In attendance were Suzie Barnes Antoinelli and Mark Frazier.
 
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September 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Join Author George F. Gilder and Executive Director Graham H. Walker for this week’s Independent Conversation discussion and Q&A. Dr. Walker and Mr. Gilder will discuss Mr. Gilder's new book, Gaming AI: Why AI Can't Think but Can Transform Jobs ••• [Vimeo] — This program is presented by the Independent Institute •••
 
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From Anatomy in Clay® Learning Systems ••• Veterinary Anatomy Education: Common Practices & Undergraduate Preparedness — Live Webinar ••• [free registration] October 14, 2021 | 12pm PT / 3pm ET — “Join Dr. Joshua Rowe, Associate Professor of Anatomy at Texas Tech University, as he discusses common practices in veterinary anatomy education and observations regarding undergraduate preparedness. He’ll share the range of resources he uses, their applications, benefits, and challenges. This LIVE webinar is ideal for Veterinary Anatomists, including those who teach Undergraduate Vertebrate, Mammalian, and Animal Science Anatomy, as well as High School Educators interested in cross-curricular STEAM activities.” — Registrants who can’t attend the live event will be emailed a recording later.]
 
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Rihanna wears a t-shirt saying “Think - while it’s still legal” ••• [Newsweek]
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What does it mean to “think”? Above all, to ask questions that you think important people around you will consider to be dumb questions. Surprisingly often, you will be amazed at how impossible it is for them to answer in a way that makes sense.
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Newsweek tells us that conservatives are cheering this. Odd. Why especially conservatives? Are others opposed to thinking? Why would that be?
 
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A thoughtful and imaginative article contrasting Nation States and Network States ••• [Network States: a primer] — There are ideas related to freeorder in this article.
 
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Physicians Declaration ••• Global Covid Summit – Rome, Italy - International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists - September, 2021 - gathering signatures of professionals
 
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“The COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund ••• team is comprised of experts from a wide range of fields including medicine, technology, philanthropy, and business. Together, we have quickly become the world's leading fund focused on early treatments for COVID-19 that leverage repurposed drugs. We believe that this is the shortest path to reduce hospitalizations and save lives now.” —founder, Steve Kirsch
 
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Anglosphere Report, February 2015: How EF helped establish the word Anglosphere •••
 
Was this the answer to the virus from the beginning? Is this the answer now?
The Great Barrington Declaration •••
 
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Dr. Peter Breggin ••• Problem and Proposed Solution ••• [mission statement]
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“Psychiatric thinking and practice, fueled by drug company money, has undermined our traditional understanding of life—that each of us is capable of pursuing life, liberty and happiness. We no longer believe that every human being has the inherent capacity to develop self-understanding and to take charge of our emotions. We no longer believe that with effort we can overcome painful feelings and learn to live by positive emotions and values. In some ways worst of all, we have lost faith in ourselves as parents, caregivers, therapists and teachers and no longer believe that they can help any child without drugs and with responsible adult interventions based on wisdom and love.”
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“The Primary Principles: Protect freedom. Take responsibility at all times. Express gratitude for every gift and opportunity. Become a source of love.”
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Critical thinking is a problem. But, there are drugs that can help. Soon, everyone will be normal. -ls
 
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Socrates: A Man for Our Times ••• Paul Johnson
 
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A lesson for our times? Hiding (or worse) good science for political/economic reasons:
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“Under Lysenko’s rule, Soviet agriculture was destroyed and millions starved to death. The real scientists who understood that Lysenko was a crank paid with their lives and careers. 3,000 mainstream biologists were dismissed or imprisoned. In the campaign to suppress scientific opponents other scientists were executed. The president of the Agriculture Academy was sent to prison where he died, while Soviet genetics research was destroyed. Research and teaching in the field of other biological disciplines, such as cell biology and neurophisiology, deemed inconsistent with the Lysenko narrative were banned.” —Paul Craig Roberts, in this article ••• published on Unz Review, 7 Sep 21
 
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The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of Social Protest ••• edited by Upton Sinclair, introduction by Jack London, new introduction by Chris Hedges.
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Any movement to restore and strengthen liberty will fail without deep comprehension of the sentiments found in Sinclair's collection. I regard this book as essential reading for anyone interested in contributing to the emergence of Freeorder. -ls
 
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Censorship fails again: Nothing stops the truth —from Alex Berenson ••• 14 Sep 2021
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Email sent to a subscriber to Berenson’s Substack ••• Berenson is a former NY Times writer who is finding success on the emerging edge of Freeorder, where seekers of truth are still valued.
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“Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
Last night I sent out that Substack about Elizabeth Warren’s letter trying to get Amazon to suppress the Unreported Truths booklets.
Nothing else. No TV or radio hits. No news articles.
This morning the booklet is #2 on Amazon. Not the #2 science book, or even #2 nonfiction. The second-best selling book, period.
Folks are angry out there. Angry at the lies and the power grab. Angry at being forced to take a vaccine that they know they don’t need and may even hurt them. Whole football stadiums are cursing Joe Biden. The protests are growing.
Sometimes people email me and tell me that I’m the tip of the spear. I’m starting to like that analogy. Because the tip is nothing without the spear behind it.
But it’s not exactly right.
I’m not the tip. The truth is the tip.
You are the spear.
Thank you.”
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Credentials: On August 28, 2021, Berenson was permanently banned from Twitter. -ls
 
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“A sheep spends its whole life worried about being eaten by the wolf. Only in the end to be eaten by the shepherd.” Apt commentary on our current situation, as we await mandates directed at us by self-annointed, but unfathomably wise, fleecing shepherds. ~sent by Bob Haywood last year
 
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Dale Amon, CEO of Immortal Data ••• [mission]
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“Space is hot, and it is not going to be a fad. It is not just tourism and satellites, although those have been mainstays. What is about to burst upon the scene is space as a place for basic industries, mining, manufacturing and energy. It is the next great sphere of human activities just as the Oceans of the world were centuries ago.” —interview ~thanks to Jim Bennett
 
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Glenn Greenwald ••• [Intercept] “Strengthening Substack ••• Journalism With Video at Rumble ••• the Free Speech, Anti-YouTube Platform — Along with a group of heterodox writers, this move is designed to expand the reach of our journalism, support free speech platforms, and enable more reader interaction.” ••• vSheridan
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Greenwald’s Substack pages ••• Greenwald’s Rumble pages •••
 
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FLCCC: The Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
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The FLCCC Alliance was organized in March 2020 by a group of highly published, world renowned Critical Care physician/scholars – with the academic support of allied physicians from around the world – to research and develop lifesaving protocols for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in all stages of illness. Their MATH+ Hospital Treatment Protocol, introduced in March 2020, has saved thousands of patients who were critically ill with COVID-19. Now, the FLCCC’s new I-Mask+ Prophylaxis and Early At-Home Outpatient Treatment Protocol with Ivermectin has been released – and is a potential solution to the global pandemic. vMethuselah
 
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Because honest elections offer citizens an alternative to violent changes in government an election integrity group we are glad to see that True the Vote ••• has been collecting and organizing data on the 2020 election. The project is described here ••• and is reported in this Breitbart story ••• 24 Aug 2021 vGuardian
 
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Free Black Thought ••• vSocrates
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“There are black conservatives and liberals, socialists and free-marketeers, traditionalists and radicals, theists and atheists, everything in between, and more besides. FREE BLACK THOUGHT seeks to represent the rich diversity of black thought beyond the relatively narrow spectrum of views promoted by mainstream outlets as defining "the black perspective."
 
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“Christopher Alexander’s Battle for Beauty in a World Turning Ugly: The Inception of a Science of Architecture?” ••• by Per Galle in She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Volume 6, Issue 3, Autumn 2020, made available by ScienceDirect. ~thanks to Phil Trice vBeethoven
 
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August 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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“The Restorative Power of the American People” ••• Selena Zito, Washington Examiner, 29 Aug 2021
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Social epigenetics: expression of good DNA follows good nutrition. Time for real food.
 
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Colorado Beaver Summit ••• 21-22 Oct 2021 on Zoom
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A two-day conference featuring scientists, experts and policy makers intended to advance the actions needed to implement nature-based conservation and restoration projects that defend our vital water resources against drought and climate change. ~thanks to Jerry Mallett •••
 
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“Lysenkoism: The Danger of Politicized Science” ••• William F. Jasper
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How Stalin and a fraudulent scientist killed a real scientist, Nikolai Vavilov, buried the truth he represented, and caused the starvation of millions.
 
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Chaesdegongo (1951-1921): “The Enigma Brothers Disguised As American Tourists”
LinkBack Item from OmniGraffle
 
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“The Last Vaccine Resister in Australia” ••• Jon Rappoport, 26 August 2021
 
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Tanzania’s 1000 Shilling Legal Tender Gold Note ••• (Valaurum)
 
Tanzania-Valaurum-1000ShillingNote
 
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Virus Treatment: Peru's experience with ivermectin ••• ~thanks to Joshua Zader •••
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A new meta-analysis of ivermectin was published recently in preprint. The lead author is Alessandro D. Santin, MD, at the Yale School of Medicine. Thomas Borody and Peter McCullough also contributed to the paper.
Among other topics, the analysis reviews a study documenting Peru's experience with ivermectin. Peru saw 14-fold reductions in excess deaths when IVM was implemented widely (in an army-led effort)—and then a 13-fold increase when IVM was later restricted (by a new president).
 
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Ivermectin works against Covid-19
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“Moderate-certainty evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may reduce numbers progressing to severe disease. The apparent safety and low cost suggest that ivermectin is likely to have a significant impact on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic globally.” ••• —American Journal of Therapeutics, July/August 2021
 
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London School of Economics (LSE) “joins ••• [press release, 19 Jun 21] the Governing Council of Hedera Hashgraph to advance the university’s growing research and commercial outreach in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs).”
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Explorers Foundation would like to thank (retroactively) members of the Fabian Society, including Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Graham Wallas, and George Bernard Shaw, for founding the LSE in 1895, thereby providing an academic home for F. A. Hayek in the 1930s, and today for Hedera Hashgraph (HH) exploratory ventures. The work of Hayek is fundamental to freeorder, and that of HH is contributing substantially in the area of freeorder governance structures.
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Hedera Hashgraph ••• An overview of HH’s Governing Council •••
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Disclosure: at least one of the participants in Explorers Foundation holds some HBAR, HH’s crypto token or coin.
 
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Ending the “pandemic” ••• “According to [Dr. Paul] Marik, a mass distribution program of ivermectin together with melatonin, vitamin D and aspirin could end the COVID-19 pandemic in one month.” - few hospitalizations - very few deaths
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Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance •••
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America’s Front Line Doctors •••
 
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Two ways to think about “Anglosphere” - an interview ••• with Madhav Nalapat
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‘The earlier concept was based on the “Blood of the Body”, or in other words, ethnicity.  My argument was that the Anglosphere needed to be defined by the “Blood of the Mind”.  By a congruence of views on values such as individual rights and freedoms, including the freedom to choose your own diet, dress and lifestyle.’ ~thanks to Jim Bennett
 
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Freeorder permits strongly self-regarding people to place high value on the well being of others who may be remote from their immediate affairs, and to do so without fear of contributing to all consuming collectivist engulfment.
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Re: collectivist engulfment, and solution thereof — an illustrated discourse on submission to tyranny and recovery: https://rumble.com/vktiw2-after-skool-presents-how-an-entire-population-becomes-.html — long, with some unpleasant images, but good, with a happy outcome which might be produced by all of us with a lot of vision, work, and persistence.
 
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ORBIS ••• The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World —Published by Stanford University Libraries ~thanks to Jim Bennett
 
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CaringBridge ••• “Our Vision & Mission: From the launch of the very first CaringBridge site, we’ve been working toward a single vision: a world where no one goes through a health journey alone. In order to turn this vision into reality, we’ve made it our mission to build bridges of care and communication providing love and support on a health journey.” ~thanks to M.L. Hanson ••• who is building a CaringBridge in Denver, Colorado
 
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Hayek’s: “extended order” - an expression of freeorder
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Hayek’s “extended order” invites entrepreneurial service to an expanding market of extended selves. This is not abandonment of individualism; it is deeper expression of that ideal. Freeorder arises from an expression of individualism so strong in commitment to freedom that fear declines and considerations of provision for others grows creative and vast.
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Freeorder permits strongly self-regarding people to place high value on the well being of others who may be remote from their immediate affairs, and to do so without fear of contributing to all consuming collectivist engulfment.
 
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The revised seventh English edition, produced in 2020 by Bohmeier Verlag, Germany, of G. Spencer-Brown’s Laws of Form contains “the first-ever proof of Riemann’s hypothesis”.
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From “Closing Remarks”: “I am additionally indebted to James Flagg, who informed me that I had in effect proved Riemann’s hypothesis in Appendix 7, and supplied me with the necessary works in analytic number theory to make the fact apparent.”
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http://www.magick-pur.de/cms/index.php?isbn=978-3-89094-580-4 (includes fascinating recollections of “collaboration” with Bertrand Russell)
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From “Threads” for August 2016
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G. Spencer Brown . foundations of thought . limits, knowledge, ignorance . the laws of form
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glyph 0: Aristotle, philosophy mathematics foundations, George Boole . Boolean symbolic logic . electronics, electrical engineering ... wisdom ignorance fool quest exploration, G. Spencer Brown, laws form, Bertrand Russell ... 0 & 1 ... epistemology, standing on nothing to reach something ...
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“To arrive at the simplest truth, as Newton knew and practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity. Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not busy behaviour of any kind. Not reading. Not talking. Not making an effort. Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind what it is one needs to know.” —GSB, in Laws of Form
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http://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/0.html — the full text (a page) is here
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On GSB’s Laws of Form: “In this book, G. Spencer Brown has succeeded in doing what, in mathematics, is very rare indeed, he has revealed a new calculus, of great power and simplicity ..." —Bertrand Russell, author, with Alfred North Whitehead, of Principia Mathematica
 
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Jim Bennett: “Excellent interview on India and the Anglosphere.  Madhav Nalapat “is almost the only person who uses the term in the original, intended meaning.”
 
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South Africa: “South Africa is on the brink of economic implosion because of poor performing State Owned Entities (SOEs), unreliable electricity supply, high levels of corruption and an overly regulated economy. Within this context a BIG [basic income grant] is unviable particularly because of the shrinking tax base and more budget spending cuts – to divert those funds towards the BIG – would be devastating to vulnerable communities. The push for a BIG can only be characterised as the support for a government failure grant to plaster over the failures of the ANC's 27 years in power.” ••• —Free Market Foundation (Southern Africa) •••
 
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Highly improbable and possibly of great importance, FrankSpeech.com — a few of us, committed to the emergence of Freeorder, are watching.
 
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We Will Not Comply: A Campaign Against Medical Tyranny ••• [straightlinelogic.com], by Brandon Smith
 
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Healing: A letter to a friend about Dr. Robert Jay Rowen •••
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No idea what ails your boss, and not asking. However, it might be good if he knew about the power of oxidative therapies, and in particular this doctor, Robert Jay Rowen, who reversed a competently declared “terminal” bone eating disease in less than a month, curing a friend, who had been given two years to live. Rowen was trained at Johns Hopkins, and later became a leader in integrative medicine. I have the highest respect for him, in every way. -ls
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Rowen, on Ozone & Ultraviolet
Ozone Therapies: What you Need to Know
Many have asked for a concise summary of the beneficial physiological effects of ozone therapy, especially considering the medical mission I undertook with Dr. Howard Robins of Manhattan to Sierra Leone to cure Ebola. This article explains why I instigated that mission and commandeered Dr. Robins to come with me.
 
Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation Therapy (Photo-Oxidation): The Cure That Time Forgot
This simple, inexpensive, and nonspecific technique was clearly shown years ago to be a totally safe and extremely effective method of treating and curing infections; promoting oxygenation; vasodilation; improving asthma; enhancing body physiology, circulation, and treating a variety of specific diseases. Its use in hospitals and offices could significantly reduce mortality, morbidity, and human suffering. Much more research needs to be done in determining all of the potential uses of ultraviolet blood irradiation therapy and also its correlation with other oxidative therapies.
 
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Jerry’s Story: You Can Reverse Crippling Arthritis —Rowen’s “Second Opinion”, 2004
If you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and have been told, “There’s nothing we can do,” I have a wonderful story that should give you hope.
Jerry Anderson, a 65-year-old Second Opinion reader from Texas was told by his board-certified rheumatologist that he would become completely immobile and likely be dead within two years.
Jerry had developed a galloping case of inflammatory arthritis. He was given high levels of Big Pharma chemicals to suppress symptoms and had not responded. When he arrived at my office, he was an invalid in a wheelchair, unable to muster the strength to move it, or even set its brakes. His hands were swollen to twice their normal size and all of his limbs were virtually immobile. He was in agony. An unrelated condition had caused a partial paralysis in his right leg.
Jerry consulted with me by telephone only two weeks before coming. I suspected several conditions I’ve repeatedly written about in these pages. Specifically, hypercoagulation (a folic acid metabolic defect), likely infection in his joints, heavy metals, infection in his teeth or jawbones (root canals), and insufficient adrenal hormones. He decided to pay me a visit and flew out immediately with the assistance of a dear friend.
Amazingly, we quickly confirmed all of these suspicions.
Jerry received low-dose antibiotics (minocycline), hyperbaric oxygen, and oxidation treatments for infection. I placed him on the low-dose adrenal hormones of Liefmann (available from Women’s International Pharmacy). Chelation therapy, both IV and oral, was used for heavy metals. Low-dose heparin was given for the hypercoagulation. Folapro was provided for the folic acid metabolic defect, and other nutritional supplements for naturally easing inflammation.
Within one week, the pain and swelling in his hands was sharply reduced and his energy level was dramatically higher. By the end of his third week with us, I was shocked by what I saw. He was able to self-maneuver his wheelchair to his van, stand, load it up himself, and drive away. By his fourth week with us, after dental work to clean out extensive root canal and jaw infections, this previously crippled man climbed two flights of stairs (even with his partially paralyzed leg) and was walking around the office with a walker. The staff exclaimed joyously, “A miracle in action!”
Folks, you want to know the reason for our coming health care bankruptcy? It’s because Big Pharma products do nothing to treat the cause of disease and only create new problems with their toxic “side effects.” Jerry is a miracle in progress and wants you to know his story. He can’t wait to shock his rheumatologist by walking into his office.
Millions of Americans are needlessly suffering from painful and crippling inflammatory and so-called “autoimmune” conditions. Drugs can be part of the solution, but only if directed at the cause.
 
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Big Tech, Federal Government, First Amendment to U.S. Constitution
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“Most people simply assume that Big Tech is independent of and has an adversarial relationship with the government. This case proves that Big Tech is an agent of the government and is in no position to defy or resist government influence in any way. … This case, in contrast, does credibly allege that Twitter, the government’s Trusted Partner, is not an independent, defiant bastion of free speech, and that Twitter is merely an agent of the government that provides the government an end run around the First Amendment. It is impossible to tell where Twitter ends and where the government begins.” —“Concise Statement of Claim …” —Case 1:20-cv-11889-MLW Document 78 Filed 04/06/21 Page 1 of 108 ••• [United States District Court District of Massachusetts]
 
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July 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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DeFi Community Protecting the Planet, from Dovu •••
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A “community of crypto users and carbon farmers”
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“Crypto is changing the world in a range of radical ways. But it also creates carbon that ultimately finds its way into the atmosphere. Is there a fix to this problem? At DOVU, we believe there is. It starts by creating a community of crypto users and carbon farmers. Inspired and incentivised. Working together to harness one of nature’s greatest carbon-capture assets: soil. The farmers who partner with us can use their expertise to put more carbon in the ground. Crypto users can help make it happen. The planet benefits. So too humanity.” —https://dovu.earth/en/
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Dovu’s blockchain solution is built on technology provided by Hedera Hashgraph and Filecoin’s IPFS (Interplanetary File System
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Toward a carbon recirculation & nonpolluting nitrogen enriching agriculture ••• [~YouTube: short skippable ad first]
 
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Distributed Ledger + IPFS Technology
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The Hedera ••• public network is a fast, low-cost, and eco-friendly distributed ledger technology (DLT), designed for high-volume usages such as supply chain, verifiable proofs for data, payments, advertising, tokenization of assets, and more. The Hedera network is incredibly efficient and lightweight, but it’s not ideal for storing large files or object data due to cost constraints.
Filecoin ••• is a decentralized peer-to-peer storage network using IPFS technology, allowing anyone to store and validate data within its network. Currently, hundreds of storage providers worldwide participate in the Filecoin network, offering a combined 8 exabytes of storage capacity.
 
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In 1968-69, Whole Earth Catalog ••• [archive.org] bought 500 copies of the first 1000 printing of G. Spencer-Brown’s Laws of Form. [source: 4th edn. Laws of Form]
G. Spencer-Brown’s Laws of Form, was extended by Francisco Varela in his Calculus of Self-Reference. Varela FJ. 1975. “A calculus for self-reference”. International Journal of General Systems 2(1): 5–24
 
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“Snakes all the Way Down: Varela’s Calculus for Self-Reference and the Praxis of Paradise” ••• by André Reichel, European Center for Sustainability Research, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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“This contribution seeks to commemorate Francisco Varela’s formal conceptions of self-reference, providing an overview of his writings while shedding some light in the praxis of self-reference, from where a future research agenda can be derived. The architecture of Varela’s thinking, determined by the interrelated notions of autopoiesis, autonomy, closure and self-reference, was examined. The emphasis was on the development and expansions of his calculus for self-reference from George Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form.” —A. Reichel
 
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Beethoven, illness to health, purpose of freeorder —Leif Smith
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Working out some thoughts, seeking an elusive coherence …
“Freeorder” names a kind of culture emergent from general and durable individual liberty of thought and action.
I seek to inspire the development of a network of integrating forges (∮forge), ventures dedicated to the emergence of Freeorder.
I am building an ∮forge, one tree in a growing forest.
Such trees are growing all over the world, independent, with no dominant owner or hierarchy.
forge means freeorder generator.
integrating means noticing things that advance Freeorder and gradually discovering, and acting upon, a whole picture.
freeorder means what’s good for explorers within each of us and among us.
explorers names people who persistently ask questions about things they care about and work to do something with the results.
freeorder raises a question more than it provides a solution.
The question: what is good for us, questioners, within each of us and among us?
Pursuits of answers to that question lead to a store of understandings mostly ignored, even suppressed, because they fail to advance political and crony power.
The implementation of things found by this quest generate an emergent social form called Freeorder.
∮forge are on the side of the question, not on the side of a particular answer.
The question leads to deeply individualistic insights that support community, and leads to the rejection of collectivist tyranny.
freeorder (processes made possible by respect for limits) leads to Freeorder (outcomes that sustain those processes). [note the self-reference, and see the preceding entry in Threads]
Briefly, freeorder —> Freeorder
My part of freeorder network is one tree in a growing forest of Freeorder.
My work might be called Project 31.3, taking a name from the third movement of Beethoven’s piano sonata 31, in which we pass through sickness to health.
Andras Schiff, at the piano, explains and illustrates.
This following contains some semi-technical detail, but the story eventually emerges:
 
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Van Jones declares opposition to campus safe spaces ••• ~YouTube
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Found in “The Best Anti-Fragility Speech Ever Came From a Surprising Source” ••• by Jon Miltimore ••• written for The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) •••
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In his short statement Van Jones, known as a progressive liberal, recognizes and advances a fundamental libertarian distinction.
 
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Joseph Mercola summarizes ••• the status of the Covid-19 discussion.
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Effective treatments exist. Censorship is killing people. Mercola names people who are telling the truth and the organizations who hide the truth and threaten sources.
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This is directly related to the Rogan interview ••• of 25 June 2021
 
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Joe Rogan Experience 1671 - Bret Weinstein and Dr Pierre Kory ••• ~25 June 2021, on Bitchute
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This is a long and extremely important interview. Each of the participants manifests the rationality, courage, and diligence that must persist in any culture that can remain a civilization fit for explorers. (see the book by Thomas Sowell, described below)
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Joe Rogan ••• interviewer
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Dr. Pierre Kory ••• researcher of treatments for Covid-19
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Bret Weinstein ••• investigator and broadcaster
 
Godfather-Book-Cover_1
 
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Covid, Response, Treatments, info being suppressed.
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Dr Robert Malone, Mr Steve Kirsch & Bret Weinstein...Covid-19 Perspectives From An Engineer, and a Medical Doctor Who Invented mRNA Vaccine Technology
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Video of a conversation, June 14, 2021 •••
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The above video is available on Rumble (above link), but YouTube has removed it. I’ve watched and have a hard time understanding why YouTube doesn’t want people to see it. Three highly qualified truth seekers made this video. They may be wrong, of course. But remove it? Why?
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Bret Weinstein discusses virus, vaccine, and treatment issues •••
 
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Thomas Sowell says that to understand any social issue we must investigate and understand the incentives and constraints affecting the people involved. See his Knowledge and Discovery -this is an excellent book! -ls
 
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June 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Ask yourself if this ••• could possibly be correct - virus, vaccine, bioweapon, propaganda
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Dr. McCullough’s credentials and responsibilities make him extremely credible. https://rumble.com/vihjj9-dr.-peter-mccullough-speaks-to-the-german-corona-investigative-committee-ab.html
 
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Biographies of Richard Cobden ••• and John Bright •••
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Hence, Explorers Foundation’s Cobden-Bright Awards •••
 
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A document ••• published this June by the U.S. Government and signed by the President suggests that to question the results of an election, the government’s actions, or its medical authorities, may incite violence and therefore be domestic terrorism.
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“National Strategy for Combatting Domestic Terrorism” will be found at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf
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A friend writes: “This is a disturbing 32-page document issued by the White House under Biden's signature. Terms, like racism, are not defined and, on pages 10 and 11, it turns out if you question the 2020 elections, the government, or the CDC it may become grounds to declare one as a domestic terrorist. Once declared, banks, big tech et. al. may be loosed like a pack of blood hounds in your life. This is a chilling document.”
 
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Fear Is Contagious and Used to Control You ••• — Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
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“In a newly released book, members of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavior, a subcommittee that advises the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies in the U.K., admit government is using fear to control and manipulate the population
SPI-B, which advocated for the use of fear messaging, now says it was unethical, totalitarian and a regrettable mistake.”
 
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Gaza war won't derail Arab-Jewish cooperation in Israel's Arava valley
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At a remote desert outpost in Israel’s Arava Valley—far from the Hamas missiles and mob violence that shook this country last month—Jews and Arabs are quietly working together to tackle the region’s most pressing water, energy and ecological issues. ••• ~The Washington Diplomat, about Arava Institute •••
 
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Josh Mitteldorf on N-Acetyl Cysteine •••
 
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June 6, 1944 •••
 
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Robert Gore, author of these articles, has become a highly valued fellow creator of freeorder network. He says much in few words. Read to travel long and fast. Thought density matters.
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Robert Gore’s StraightLineLogic •••
 
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May 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Law, the Trust, from Alan Macfarlane’s book on F. W. Maitland [my highlighting -ls]
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7. Fellowship and Trust
In his consideration of the balance of liberty, equality and wealth through time, Maitland had effectively demolished one side of the famous nineteenth century dichotomy which was the basis of most thought on the evolution of societies. He had shown that not all civilizations had started in a world where individuals were embedded within the community, where contract was entirely subordinate to status, and where hierarchy and patriarchy were universal. Yet his magnificent achievement would be incomplete if he were to be unable to re-construct the other end of the famous supposed transformation. He needed to re-think the nature of the modern world as supposedly constituted by contract, individualism and equality.
In the last few years of his life, Maitland sketched out a plan for how this re-thinking might be done. He died without implementing the scheme in detail. But we can see in his hints the way in which he finally reconciled those great contradictions which he had wrestled with in his youthful fellowship dissertation on liberty and equality, namely how Adam Smith’s ‘self love’ and ‘social love’ could be harmonized, and how Tocqueville’s problem of how to reconcile equality with liberty could be achieved. Maitland did this through an exploration of what he came to believe was the greatest of all English legal contributions to the world, the Trust. This was an institution born by accident, not from Roman law, but which became the third great principle of social organization in the world, standing on the same level as Status and Contract. It was the Trust and the trust which it engendered which provided the foundations for modern liberty, wealth and equality.
Maitland wrote “The idea of a trust is so familiar to us all that we never wonder at it. And yet surely we ought to wonder. If we were asked what is the greatest and most distinctive achievement performed by Englishmen in the field of jurisprudence I cannot think that we should have any better answer to give than this, namely, the development from century to century of the trust idea.” These words were echoed in a letter to John Gray in November 1903, “Some one ought to explain our trust to the world at large, for I am inclined to think that the construction thereof is the greatest feat that men of our race have performed in the field of jurisprudence. …”
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The above is from Macfarlane’s F. W. Maitland and the Making of the Modern World, which will be found here: http://alanmacfarlane.com/TEXTS/Maitland_final.pdf
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Six books offered by Macfarlane (pdf files, without charge) •••
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In 2009, Alan Macfarlane graciously accepted an Explorers Foundation Cobden-Bright Award. His work constitutes a principal resource for students of freeorder.
 
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The best thing I’ve encountered on medical and government responses to Covid: An interview ••• ~Vimeo by John Leake ••• with Dr. Peter McCullough •••
 
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Urgent Open Letter from Doctors and Scientists to the European Medicines Agency regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Concerns ••• dated 28 Feb 2021 - a brilliantly constructed letter asking for responses to very specific questions. Among the authors are Yeadon and Wodarg.
 
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How Long is Now? ••• blog ••• of the Long Now Foundation •••
 
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Liquid Piston’s X-Engine ••• “The X-Engine is 30% more fuel-efficient than a diesel engine and up to 5-10x smaller and lighter. Compared to a small turbine, the X-engine is up to 2-4x more fuel-efficient while fitting a comparable envelope and weight.” vWatt
 
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“‘Literally criminal’: Suppressing data on ivermectin cost ‘half a million lives’, doctor charges” ••• “In a recent Zoom call, Dr. Pierre Kory of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance outlined numerous details showing the World Health Organization (WHO) knowingly suppressed data on the effectiveness of ivermectin against the virus in order to benefit the vaccine interests of Big Pharma.” —Commentary by R. Clinton Ohlers, published by World Tribune. ~thanks to Michael Flynn
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On Ivermectin, by Dr. Pierre Kory, author of the above article.
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“A large team of more than 1,000 lawyers and over 10,000 medical experts, led by Dr. Reiner Fuellmich, has initiated legal proceedings against the CDC, WHO and the Davos Group for crimes against humanity. Fuellmich and his team present the incorrect PCR test and the order for doctors to describe any comorbidity death as a Covid death – as fraud.” ••• ~thanks to Planet Lockdown’s “full interviews” for lead to Fuellmich •••
 
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Irshad Manji on Moral Courage ••• ~PBS video
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“The New York Times bestselling author Irshad Manji discusses how she thinks diversity should be defined and taught, the divisiveness of labels and why moral courage — not cancel culture — is the key to honest conversations about issues that polarize.”
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Irshad Manji received an Explorers Foundation Cobden-Bright Award in 2007. We will continue to support her work.
 
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FLCCC: Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance — Prevention & Treatment Protocols for COVID-19 ••• ~thanks to Wendi Peck
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Ivermectin in Covid-19 •••
 
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From Sean Gabb, author, broadcaster, academic, 10 May 2021, on revolution and free speech
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On the danger to freedom of speech in both England and America, and a proposed device to get it back.
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“It should be plain that we are, in both England and America, living through a revolution. This is not a normal revolution as these things are considered. Unlike in France or Russia, there has been no overthrow of an established order, no burst of state violence, no establishment after that of an overtly new order. There are no secret police. There are no labour camps. No one is beaten to death in a police cell. All the same, we are living through a revolution. It is a revolution that has involved the gradual capture of education, the media, the administration, the charities and the more permeable religious institutions, and the recent aligning of the larger or more glamorous business concerns. I see no point in discussing its ultimate objects. I am not sure if these are wholly agreed. But its provisional object is the destruction of our traditional identity, and of our liberty so far as this stands in the way of that provisional object.” —Sean Gabb •••
 
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John Deere Helps Black Farmers Fight Land Grabbers Through Leap Coalition ••• ~Black Enterprise •••
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“John Deere, in partnership with the National Black Growers Council (NBGC) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), established the LEAP (Legislation, Education, Advocacy and Production Systems) coalition in 2020 to help eliminate barriers created by Heirs Property and provide resources to advance the lives and livelihoods of Black farmers. LEAP is dedicated to ensuring the long-term sustainability of over 60 million acres of land currently owned or farmed by Black farmers.” ~John Deere web page •••
 
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Event: Free Speech, Cancel Culture, and Viewpoint Diversity on Campus ••• Princeton, moderated by Robbie George, 6 pm ET, 20 May 2021 ~Alumni & Donors Unite •••
 
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Just in, an important note ••• from Calvin Coolidge ~Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation •••
 
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And, from someone who seems to be in sympathy with Coolidge:
 
American's-Creed
 
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Everyone should be free to discuss anything, and find fault if fault there is.
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“Are We Being Set Up for Mass Depopulation?” ••• by Joe Mercola, based on an interview ••• with Michael Yeadon, part of a yet to be released movie, “Planet Lockdown”. Michael Yeadon, Ph.D., is a life science researcher and former vice-president and chief scientist of allergy and respiratory research at Pfizer. —this interview contains an extremely unpleasant conjecture, but I’ve found it in the writing of others whom I respect, and so, I believe the conjecture should be criticized and defeated, if possible. And if not possible …? -ls
 
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Full interviews from “Planet Lockdown”: https://planetlockdownfilm.com/full-interviews/
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Partial list: Michael Yeadon, Václav Klaus, Knut Wittkowski, H.S.H Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, Reiner Fuellmich
 
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“Since it is difficult, or rather impossible, to represent a man’s life as entirely spotless and free from blame, we should use the best chapters in it to build up the most complete picture and regard this as the true likeness. Any errors or crimes, on the other hand, which may tarnish a man’s career and may have been committed out of passion or political necessity, we should regard rather as a lapse from a particular virtue than as the products of some innate vice. We must not dwell on them too emphatically in our history, but should rather show indulgence to human nature for its inability to produce a character which is absolutely good and uncompromisingly dedicated to virtue.” —Plutarch, in the life of Cimon
 
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“The individualist societies of the Anglosphere … have in economic matters generally had a transactional, rather than pseudo-familial and emotional relationship with the state. Anglosphere societies are neither economically egalitarian nor economically hierarchical by principle, but rather indifferent to economic equality.” —from James C. Bennett’s article ••• [Quadrant magazine] on Immanuel Todd’s latest book on the anthropology of family types.
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James C. Bennett writes of his review of Emmanuel Todd’s Lineages of Modernity: A History of Humanity from the Stone Age to Homo Americanus: “Europeans often wonder how America can be so dominant when it seems so archaic in so many ways compared to Europe. It is dominant precisely because it is so archaic."
 
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Alan Macfarlane: Tocqueville on China and America ••• [Cambridge] toward mutual understanding.
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An introduction to Macfarlane’s work, in interviews on his life and work by Richard Marshall ••• [Cambridge] Inspiring materials for anyone thinking about freeorder.
 
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April 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Steven Levy asks, “The more interesting question is whether we will care to distinguish between a human and a machine—even when we know we are talking to a machine.” ••• [Wired]
 
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Investments made by Explorers Foundation so far in 2021
CANZUK Space Policy Study (Part 1)
Who: James C. Bennett
What: Show the potential for collaboration among Canada, New Zealand, Australia,
and the UK in the provision of a superior environment for entrepreneurial space ventures.
Why: Jim’s study will reveal the freeorder generative qualities of the Anglosphere.
Amount: $6,000
Alumni and Donors Unite (ADU)
Who: Linda Sweeney
What: ADU will act in support of change agents reforming higher education.
Why: Quality education is essential to the preservation of civilization.
Amount: $2,500 + $500 in June of last year
What guides our investment philosophy: The vision and concept of quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders within individuals and cultures. We call such balances freeorder and are intent on generating an emergent culture we call Freeorder.
What we look for in people with whom we invest: Passionate and durable interest in something contributory to the emergence of Freeorder, in every case requiring curiosity, wonder, imagination, bold conjecture, critical thinking, and energy.
If the Emergence of Freeorder is seen as a multi-faceted crystal, then each of our investments relates to one or more of its faces.
Our pattern of investments is intended to evoke curiosity about that crystal and start conversations.
A table of EF investments describing each of our investments from 2004 to May 2021.
 
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Freeorder Generators (forge) track and invest in the emergence of Freeorder and the generative application of the principles of freeorder. Integrating forge (∮forge) are observation posts and capital sources dwelling on the edge of the Emergence. Each ∮forge has an extremely limited scope of vision, but we have been watching the development of special zones for many years, and believe that they constitute an important feature of the Emergence. Here are some fragments of a pattern (one of many possible) seen today from the ∮forge that includes Explorers Foundation.
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Spencer MacCallum’s The Art of Community ••• [free, otherwise not available] shows up in the early roots of many special zone projects … Spencer Heath’s Citadel, Market and Altar ••• [Reason review] … “Somalia - Clan Owned Freeports as Multi-Tenant Income Properties” ••• [glyph 392] ….. Richard Bolin created the World Export Processing Zone Association ••• — Bob Haywood worked with him and later became the director ….. Michael Strong and Mark Frazier's paper on "Women's Empowerment Free Zones" ••• ….. Startup Societies Foundation ••• … Charter Cities Institute ••• … Windward Foundation ••• [small land-improvement community governance] … The Seasteading Institute ••• … Institute for Competitive Governance ••• … Jim Bennett, the Anglosphere as optimal freezone host, New Victoria ••• … Honduras: Prospera ••• . Morazán City ••• [thanks to Joyce Brand] … Tom W. Bell ••• Your Next Government?: From the Nation State to Stateless Nations ••• [Amazon] . Ulex: the open source legal system ••• ….. Universidad Francisco Marroquin •••
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Spencer MacCallum: A Man Beyond His Time ••• [Barnes & Noble, hardcover] ••• [Amazon] by Mike Hamel
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“Ideas are seeds that originate in someone's imagination. Once shared, they are either ignored or pollenated by others. They take root and grow into beliefs, practices, and cultures. Good ideas produce good fruit. This book is a brief introduction to a man who has some great ideas that could lead to more humane societies. They deserve to be better understood and applied.This is the story of an extraordinary individual who always followed his own idiosyncratic passions. He interacted with, and influenced, some of the leading libertarian thinkers of his day. And he was the co-creator of possibly the only viable approach to a stateless world that could actually work.”
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“Spencer MacCallum & The World He Made: A Eulogy (1931-2020)” ••• by Zach Caceres
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“A Private Tech City Opens for Business in Honduras: Prospera, a mini startup nation with its own set of laws, begins recruiting residents amid local controversy” ••• [Bloomberg, March 2021]
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vOpenworld — Water, added to dry land, allows crops to grow. Freedom, added to land, allows everything to grow.
 
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What Birds Eat: How to Preserve the Natural Diet and Behavior of North American Birds ••• a recent book by Kim Long
 
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The Grand Unified Theory of Music: How to Play Hundreds of Ancient and Future Scales and Modulate in Just Intonation and with 53-note-to-the-octave tuning •••
 
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“Deregulation and Discovery: When we change the rules so that people’s freedom to innovate is no longer restricted, they can discover new and better approaches that might have been impossible before” ••• by Steven Horwitz ••• on Libertarianism.org
 
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A Summer Program to Invigorate Your Child's Passions — Expanse Summer •••
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This summer, Expanse is thrilled to invite students from around the world to explore exciting professional paths while developing essential life skills.
Our program integrates daily technical workshops with deep dives into the ideas of classical thinkers and their written works.
By the end of the program, students walk away with new technical skills, a project to jumpstart their professional portfolio, and deep reflections on how to vigorously pursue the life they want.
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Short video on Expanse Summer ••• [1 min 11 sec]
 
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Matt Kibbe, Free the People ••• important resources for Freeorder
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Matt Kibbe talks ••• to former Libertarian vice presidential nominee Spike Cohen about government fear mongering and the threat of vaccine passports to liberty. They also discuss how living with a chronic illness can be surprisingly motivating and what the Libertarian Party needs to do to get its house in order and start attracting voters. Cohen argues that Libertarians need to be better at addressing the practical concerns of real Americans and stop their bad habit of gatekeeping the movement.
Subscribe to Kibbe on Liberty on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you get podcasts.
 
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James C. Bennett writes of his review of Emmanuel Todd’s Lineages of Modernity: A History of Humanity from the Stone Age to Homo Americanus: “Europeans often wonder how America can be so dominant when it seems so archaic in so many ways compared to Europe. It is dominant precisely because it is so archaic."
 
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“88 Years Ago, FDR Banned Gold. Will a Bitcoin Ban Be Next?” ••• Tho Bishop ••• at Mises Institute •••
 
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Zen snd the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was “… rejected by more than 120 publishers. But it went on to become one of the best-selling philosophical books of all time – topping more than 5 million copies across 27 different languages.” —article ••• about Robert Pirsig’s book, found at Praxis ••• [Discover Praxis]
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You Don't Need College to Unlock a Career You Love. Praxis is a college alternative that builds your skills and your network. Don’t pay [Praxis] until you’re hired. ••• [Discover Praxis]
 
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March 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Worth reading, distributing, discussing: “American Exodus: Don’t wait for the oligarchy to let you in. Just walk away” ••• published March 24, 2021 by Tablet Magazine ••• [about] by Angelo M. Codevilla ••• [bio at Independent Institute] author of The Ruling Class ••• [Reason Magazine review] There is a lot in this essay that fits the vision of the emergence of freeorder. ~thanks to Joe Bast for the link
 
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Why Is Everyone in Texas Not Dying? ••• Jeffrey A. Tucker ••• AIER •••
 
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Socialism consumes capital, the productive goods of the world, until finally we are overcome by the demands of nature.
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This is a paraphrase of Mises: “Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but a spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build; it destroys. For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private ownership in the means of production has created.” – Ludwig von Mises, Socialism [1951], quoted in the FFF Daily, for 23 March 2021 published by The Future of Freedom Foundation •••
 
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Colorado Beaver Summit ••• October 20 & 22, 2021
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“As climate change accelerates, Colorado experiences drought conditions with greater frequency, intensity and duration. These changes threaten our water supplies, our forests and our way of life. Beavers can help mitigate these effects. Please join us Wednesday and Friday, October 20 and 22, for the first Colorado Beaver Summit to learn how this keystone species can help us avoid the worst effects of climate change.” —Colorado Headwaters •••
 
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Medici.tv: Yo-Yo Ma's moonlit magic: the Bach Cello Suites in Athens
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"These suites are so meaningful. They’re not only companions and friends, but they’ve also been reference points in my life… For almost six decades, they have given me sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years, it continues to help us navigate through troubled times?" –Yo-Yo Ma
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A small part of this seems to be free, but then an invitation to subscribe appears. In my opinion it’s worth it. -ls
 
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Phase One of CANZUK Space Study, a project of James C. Bennett, is now funded
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Explorers Foundation is pleased to announce that it has funded Phase One of the Study Project on Canada-Australia-United Kingdom-New Zealand Collaboration in the Development of Interplanetary Space, or “CANZUK Space Study” for short. The Principal Investigator of this study will be James C. Bennett, who combines a long history of entrepreneurial activity, policy advocacy, and consulting in the commercial arena in the USA and UK with an equally long history of researching and writing about space policy, and broader topics of technology, politics, and society.
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Press Release, 15 March 2021 •••
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EF’s investments in the work of James C. Bennett •••
 
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Precautionary Principle Destroying the EU — paragraphs taken from “The precautionary principle is literally killing Europe” ••• Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 16 Mar 2021, The Telegraph — the article is mainly about the handling of vaccines against the virus, but AEP uses it to illustrate and contrast general principles of importance.
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“The precautionary principle has been married with another EU deformity: its slow, rigid, legalistic ethos, and its 190,000 pages of near-irreversible Acquis. The two together have reinforced each other in a paralysing fashion. This regime is perfect for vested interests that know how to play the Brussels game and manipulate the regulatory committees. The zero-risk code can be mobilised to shut out rivals and new technologies that pose a commercial threat.”
“It is also true that the precautionary principle has made inroads into Anglo-Saxon societies. But only up to a point. The US, the UK, and Canada still cleave towards the ‘innovation principle’, a preference for trial-and-error and a willingness to risk failure along the way — ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained’”. 
“You could argue that this philosophy has its roots in English Common Law, a legal culture that loosely permits behaviour unless explicitly forbidden by statute. It is fundamentally different from Napoleonic law that prohibits behaviour unless explicitly authorised – “guilty until proven innocent”. Legal scholars will object to this contrasting schema but it contains a nugget of truth.”
“The innovation philosophy also has roots in the Baconian Method: the scientific interrogation of facts: the bottom-up empiricism of Francis Bacon and his followers, from Newton through to the Scottish Enlightenment, and beyond. There are great Baconians in Continental Europe of course, but they are not dominant.” 
“What is dominant is the top-down Cartesian Method instilled into the French civil service, and through them into the EU’s machinery. It has fused with the zero-risk totemism of modern Germans to produce a precautionary monster, and a long list of destructive policies.”
“The vaccine saga has driven home the point that the British people really are different animals from Continental Europeans, a cultural distinction that dates back at least 700 years and one that is amply explored by Cambridge anthropologist Alan MacFarlane in The Origins of English Individualism. This island Sonderweg is not a myth.”
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Thanks to Jim Bennett, author of The Anglosphere Challenge, in which these ideas are deeply explored. vAnglosphere
 
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A principle of freeorder thinking: be extremely cautious about excessive (blinding) aggregation of data, resulting in loss of differences and distinctions which may be causal.
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“The weirdest people in the world?” ••• Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2010)
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“Abstract: Behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims about human psychology and behavior in the world’s top journals based on samples drawn entirely from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Researchers – often implicitly – assume that either there is little variation across human populations, or that these “standard subjects” are as representative of the species as any other population. Are these assumptions justified? Here, our review of the comparative database from across the behavioral sciences suggests both that there is substantial variability in experimental results across populations and that WEIRD subjects are particularly unusual compared with the rest of the species – frequent outliers. The domains reviewed include visual perception, fairness, cooperation, spatial reasoning, categorization and inferential induction, moral reasoning, reasoning styles, self-concepts and related motivations, and the heritability of IQ. The findings suggest that members of WEIRD societies, including young children, are among the least representative populations one could find for generalizing about humans. Many of these findings involve domains that are associated with fundamental aspects of psychology, motivation, and behavior – hence, there are no obvious a priori grounds for claiming that a particular behavioral phenomenon is universal based on sampling from a single subpopulation. Overall, these empirical patterns suggests that we need to be less cavalier in addressing questions of human nature on the basis of data drawn from this particularly thin, and rather unusual, slice of humanity. We close by proposing ways to structurally re-organize the behavioral sciences to best tackle these challenges.”
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Thanks to Jim Bennett who led us here: https://traditionsofconflict.com/blog/2021/2/5/the-limits-of-the-proposed-behavioral-immune-system, which then led to here: https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/WeirdPeople.pdf —from which the above abstract is taken.
 
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Here’s a good link to Tanner Greer’s excellent review of Bennett & Lotus’ America 3.0:
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This book is currently contributing to the evolution of an Explorers Foundation project.
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Tanner’s blog is The Scholar’s Stage: https://scholars-stage.blogspot.com
 
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Leemon Baird, Hashgraph, a digital innovation based on gossip protocol, may become important in the evolving crypto world, especially for tokenized real world assets.
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Leemon Baird’s company, Hedera Hashgraph •••
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What is Asset Tokenization? ••• [Hedera website]
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What is Hashgraph Consensus? ••• [Hedera website]
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YouTube hosts talks by Leemon Baird. Search on “leemon+baird+hashgraph”
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Dr. Leemon Baird's talk: “Tokenization with Distributed Ledger Technologies"
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Originally delivered at Kennesaw State University. I cannot find a good link for this lecture, so it has been copied into our archive — a 500 MB .mp4, well illustrated. After click, the presentation starts almost immediately. A smaller .zip file is here: ••• -ls
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Thanks to Dr. Solomon Negash ••• Kennesaw State University.
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“The Swirlds Hashgraph Consensus Algorithm: Fair, Fast, Byzantine Fault Tolerance” ••• <the full paper, 2016> Leemon Baird ••• <the Hedera team> May 31, 2016, Swirlds Tech Report Swirlds-Tr-2016-01
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“Abstract. A new system, the Swirlds hashgraph consensus algorithm, is proposed for replicated state machines with guaranteed Byzantine fault tolerance. It achieves fairness, in the sense that it is dicult for an attacker to manipulate which of two transactions will be chosen to be first in the consensus order. It has complete asynchrony, no leaders, no round robin, no proof-of-work, eventual consensus with probability one, and high speed in the absence of faults. It is based on a gossip protocol, in which the participants don’t just gossip about transactions. They gossip about gossip. They jointly build a hashgraph reflecting all of the gossip events. This allows Byzantine agreement to be achieved through virtual voting. Alice does not send Bob a vote over the Internet. Instead, Bob calculates what vote Alice would have sent, based on his knowledge of what Alice knows. This yields fair Byzantine agreement on a total order for all transactions, with very little communication overhead beyond the transactions themselves.”
 
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The Complete Baseline of Health ••• [Amazon Kindle] Jon Barron •••
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“No longer limited by publishing costs and the confines of the printed page, it was my goal to make The Complete Baseline of Health the first truly essential alternative health book of the digital age.” —Jon Barron vMethuselah
Barron, Jon. The Complete Baseline of Health: The Digital Reference Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (p. 7). Barron & Barron Publishing. Kindle Edition.
 
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Robert Gore, on his, Straight Line Logic ••• has posted a link ••• to Brent Hamachek’s remarkable essay, “Understanding and Embracing the Role of the 21st-Century American Dissident” ••• [hamachek’s site]
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Excellent, by Robert Gore, Everything I Know About Business I Learned From The Godfather •••
 
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Οι θεοί στέλνουν νήμα για το έργο που ξεκίνησε — an ancient Greek saying (Homer?) inscribed on the wall of Andrew Carnegie’s study in New York, translated as “The Gods send thread for the web begun.”
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The translation of the word ἔργον is surprising. It means work, not web.
Probably, it was translated as web to more poetically convey the meaning in a stronger image. Looms, threads, and webs were central to Carnegie’s early life. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was he who required the “mistranslation” so as to make the saying deeply personal. He may have had that simple truth in his mind and heart long before he encountered the Greek saying, possibly passed down to him by generations of ancestral weavers. Speculation.
Carnegie knew it was an ancient Greek saying. On his wall I think it was in English.
http://www.briantaylor.com/AndrewCarnegie.htm — lists the quotations on the wall of his study, and cites Wall’s biography ••• [review by Thomas J. Misa , Illinois Institute of Technology] which was my original source when I used the quotation to explain the Open Network.
I have not seen a picture of the wall, but I expect the quotations were inscribed on the frieze.
 
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“Remembering Karl Popper” ••• by David Cohen, Feb 2021 on Quillette ••• vPopper
 
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What if the word freeorder is question more than answer? ••• [glyph 629]
 
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February 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Pulitzer Winning Journalist Charlie LeDuff Announces ••• [radio show] COVID Death Count Lawsuit Against Michigan Governor — working with Mackinac Center ••• to obtain records revealing why, how, and how many old people with CoVid were sent into nursing homes, probably infecting others and leading to a large number of unnecessary deaths.
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Reporter Charlie LeDuff has a show called “No BS News Hour” ••• — the name of the show is accurate. We need this kind of reporting. vSheridan
 
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News ••• from the Initiative for Free Trade ••• London vAnglosphere
 
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A wonderful, and I think, necessary book: The Lost Words ••• by Robert Macfarlane
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Helping to bridge the expanding gap between childhood and the natural world.
 
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Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. ~Aristotle, distilled by Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy, 1926. Thanks to Caelan Huntress, who wrote: "My quote of all time is a misattribution" ••• vEudaimonia
 
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Ethan Yang’s ••• “Why We Need Simple Rules for a Complex World” ••• written for the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER •••) explains that Epstein’s book “sets forth a general framework for an optimal legal and regulatory apparatus for a society as sophisticated as the one we have now. Its core assertion is that a system that maximizes freedom over one that seeks to regulate everything in its path would lead to a far better society.” vBlackstone
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“The main takeaway from this book is that there is massive potential to improve society, if we move away from the current manner in which we view regulation to a system that prioritizes individual autonomy.” —Yang
 
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Bibliographies by Williamson M. Evers ••• Independent Institute •••
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The Crisis in Civil Rights: Best Books and Articles on Race, Police, and the Welfare State •••
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Readings on Anti-Semitism •••
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Readings on Police Reform •••
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Readings on Poverty and the Welfare State •••
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Readings on Race and Civil Rights •••
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An introduction to Williamson M. Evers ••• [video: start at 1:40]
 
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After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals ••• [Amazon] by Max Borders ••• [Facebook]
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After Collapse provides basis for imaginative and critical discussion. It should be widely read, especially in schools where there is interest in learning to think rather than only to believe and react. Things are bad enough to require deep thought and resolute action — which may succeed!
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This book could profitably be read along with America 3.0 by James C. Bennett and Michael J. Lotus. See Tanner Greer’s review ••• on The Scholar’s Stage •••
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Greer writes: “It is unusual for me to read a book aimed at popular conservative audiences.  I am something of a disaffected conservative. Crony capitalism and government overreach have proved to be bipartisan endeavors, and I have long lost faith that the Republican party can ever be more than an organ of America's governing elite. [1] Outside of the beltway the broader currents of mainstream conservatism are so full of angry sound and righteous fury (and nothing else) that I have long stopped paying close attention them. The movement is in desperate need of a clearer vision and more compelling purpose.”
 
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Is it time to question the PCR virus test and challenge the policies built on it?
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“Coronavirus Scandal Breaking in Merkel’s Germany. False Positives and the Drosten PCR Test” ••• by F. William Engdahl
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“The 2020 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d’État and the “Great Reset” ••• by Michel Chossudovsky
 
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The Tyranny of Metrics ••• [Princeton] by Jerry Z. Muller •••
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The most countable things are sometimes poor guides.
 
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An attempt to cancel Dorian S. Abbot at University of Chicago was defeated [see “More Weight] with the help of the Free Speech Union ••• vGuardian
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“‘More Weight’: An Academic’s Guide to Surviving Campus Witch Hunts” ••• by Dorian S. Abbot, 5 Feb 2021
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“Since these cancellation tactics are increasingly being deployed against academics who advocate mainstream views on any number of subjects—including hiring and admission—I’ve assembled some thoughts based on my recent experience, in the hope that my advice might be useful to others who find themselves in my position. If we’re going to defend the pursuit of truth, the primacy of reason, and academic freedom effectively, we need to discuss tactics that have worked, and build on these successes.”
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Free Speech Union ••• — defense services
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Free speech is the bedrock on which all our other freedoms rest, yet it is currently in greater peril than at any time since the Second World War. The Free Speech Union is a non-partisan, mass-membership public interest body that stands up for the speech rights of its members. If you think there’s a risk you’ll be penalised for exercising your legal right to free speech, whether it’s in the workplace or the public square, you need the protection of the Free Speech Union. How might we protect you?
• If you find yourself being targeted by a digital outrage mob on social media for having exercised your legal right to free speech, we may mobilise an army of supporters.
• If a petition is launched calling for you to be fired, when you’ve done nothing other than exercise your legal right to free speech, we may help you organise a counter-petition.
• If you’re no-platformed by a university—a feminist professor who challenges trans orthodoxy, for instance—we’ll encourage you to fight back and members of our advisory councils may be able to tell you what remedies are available to you.
• If you’re a student being investigated by your university for breaching a speech code, we may take up your case with the university.
• If you’re punished by your employer because you’ve exercised your lawful right to free speech, we’ll do our best to provide you with assistance or refer you to specialists who can help.
 
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“Substack is a place for independent writing. Subscribe directly to writers you trust. Take back your mind” ••• vSheridan
 
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“My Resignation from the Intercept” [29Oct20] ••• Glenn Greenwald •••
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“The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.”
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“The Journalistic Tattletale and Censorship Industry …” ••• Glenn Greenwald
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‘A new and rapidly growing journalistic “beat” has arisen over the last several years that can best be described as an unholy mix of junior high hall-monitor tattling and Stasi-like citizen surveillance. It is half adolescent and half malevolent. Its primary objectives are control, censorship, and the destruction of reputations for fun and power. Though its epicenter is the largest corporate media outlets, it is the very antithesis of journalism.’
 
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Once upon a time, gold bonds were the norm. They effectively financed productive enterprise & generated income for bondholders – until 1933. It took 87 years, but now the gold bond market is reemerging ••• [audio 23 min, youtube] an interview with Keith Wiener, Monetary Metals •••
 
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“Tech Wars: RCA and the Television Industry” ••• by Gary Hoover, The American Business History Center ••• vWatt
 
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Scottsdale, Ariz, February 5, 2021—Monetary Metals® announces the renewal and expansion of its gold, silver & platinum leases to Money Metals Exchange, to finance the Idaho-based business’ bullion inventory. vMulligan
 
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Dubai Creates 'Space Court' For Out-of-this-world Disputes ••• “The tribunal will be based at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts, an independent British-inspired arbitration centre based on common law.” vAnglosphere
 
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January 2021 - threads of freeorder
 
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Michael Yon, journalist & photographer, “America’s most experienced living combat correspondent”. An interview with Yon: “'Agent Provocateur' Tactics Seen at Jan 6 US Capitol Protest” ••• [video, youtube]
 
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How the Great Barrington Declaration Came to Be ••• with Jeffrey Tucker
 
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Monetary Metals ••• issues world’s first gold bond ••• since 1933
 
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December 2020 - threads of freeorder
 
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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World ••• by Virginia Postrel •••
 
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Shelby Steele’s new investigative documentary, “What Killed Michael Brown?” ••• Reviews: Chicagoboyz ••• National Review ••• Reason •••
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Steel’s idea of “poetic truth” is interesting and useful.
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Mr. Steele is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. This article is adapted from his forthcoming [now published] book Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country.
 
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Samizdata ••• A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective
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“The Samizdata people are a bunch of sinister and heavily armed globalist illuminati who seek to infect the entire world with the values of personal liberty and several property.
Amongst our many crimes is a sense of humour and the intermittent use of British spelling.
We are also a varied group made up of social individualists, classical liberals, whigs, libertarians, extropians, futurists, ‘Porcupines’, Karl Popper fetishists, recovering neo-conservatives, crazed Ayn Rand worshipers, over-caffeinated Virginia Postrel devotees, witty Frédéric Bastiat wannabes, cypherpunks, minarchists, kritarchists and wild-eyed anarcho-capitalists from Britain, North America, Australia and Europe.”
 
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Virus: “The Decimal Point that Blew Up the World” ••• by Jeffrey A. Tucker ••• for AIER •••
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“What was the basis of panic that led the lights to darken on civilization?”
 
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Spencer MacCallum (1931-2020) ••• True, beautiful: A eulogy by Zach Caceres •••
 
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Brexit Party transforms ••• into Reform Party — vAnglosphere
 
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Wolfram Alpha partners with IOHK to integrate data from the Cardano blockchain •••
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Stephen Blackwood ••• of Ralston College ••• interviews ••• Stephen Wolfram •••
 
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“It’s time for the ‘Deplorables’ to become the Unconquerables” ••• Glenn H. Reynolds ••• New York Post, December 17, 2020 — Glenn H. Reynold’s blog, Instapundit •••
 
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The wave that sweeps away authoritarian culture will be a Romantic one. It will not be fundamentally rational or logical. Freeorder names a Romantic movement, in which logic is an indispensable servant of art, never forsaken, but never dominant. The songs that rise in all of us will make a wind to sweep authoritarian opposition to oblivion. -ls
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thumos (from Greek: θυμός) ~thanks to Roger Kimball for his essay •••
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Thumos (also commonly spelled 'thymos'; Greek: θυμός) is a Greek word expressing the concept of "spiritedness" (as in "spirited stallion" or "spirited debate"). The word indicates a physical association with breath or blood and is also used to express the human desire for recognition. It is not a somatic feeling, as nausea and giddiness are.
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We need a new word to throw into the faces of the opponents of liberty, a word with spirit and ring to it. A word that demands a response when there can be no reasoned response. Defense, only, will fail. We must take the offensive.
 
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Filecoin interviews ••• tell a magnificent story of freeorder, building a massive project from quest serving balances among designed and spontaneous orders … immutable storage of documents . uses in journalism . future of archives . Protocol Labs and development of the IPFS file system .
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Protocol Labs ••• developers of the IPFS file system
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A user of Filecoin: USC Shoah Foundation ••• – “The Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust (which in Hebrew is called the Shoah) and other genocides, a compelling voice for education and action.” -Wikipedia
 
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UK Medical Freedom Alliance ••• Professionals supporting medical choice and informed consent - articles •••
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Doctors and Medical Professionals From All Over The World Speak Out : On Covid, vaccinations etc: ••• [video on Brighteon - brief statements]
 
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The Mother Tree Project •••
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“The Mother Tree Project explores how connections and communication between trees, particularly below-ground connections between Douglas-fir Mother Trees and seedlings, could influence forest recovery and resilience following various harvesting and regeneration treatments. The project was designed to explore these relationships across different climates, in order to understand how climate change could influence these processes and affect the outcomes of the treatments.”
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About the research of Dr. Suzanne Simard, forest ecology professor at the University of British Columbia, founder of the Project: “The Social Life of Forests: Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another?” ••• by Ferris Jabr, Photographs by Brendan George Ko
 
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Sean Gabb’s critique ••• of the phrase “Cultural Marxism”
 
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British abolition of slavery
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“How much did all this cost? David Eltis reckoned that the suppression of the Atlantic slave-trade cost British taxpayers a minimum of £250,000 per annum (equal to about £1 billion today) for half a century.” https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/britain-slave-trade-and-the-problem-with-decolonisation- by Nigel Bigger, Nov 29, 2020
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See also Bigger’s “Britain, Slavery, and Anti-Slavery,” Nov 26, 2020
 
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November 2020 - threads of freeorder
 
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“Civil Disobedience Over Lockdowns Spreads Across America” ••• by Jon Miltmore, 25Nov20
 
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Education: Teaching how to think, not what to believe
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Alumni and Donors Unite. Taking action to restore academic freedom in higher education.
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Our purpose
Alumni and Donors Unite brings awareness of the need for a return to the original purpose of a college education. We support education not indoctrination, and are on a mission to restore free inquiry and individual empowerment to higher education by leveraging the substantial financial power and influence of alumni and other donors to counterbalance “overt threats to free-speech and diversity of thinking” and the cultural Marxism that is prevalent on college campuses. We open the eyes of donors—many of whom have little idea of the degree and depth of the corruption at their alma maters. We connect alumni and other who care deeply about higher education, with their options to support those changes, and invest in alignment with their values.
We are an “action tank”! Mobilizing/activating alumni and donors to engage and face down the issues in higher ed. In a myriad of ways.
Linda Sweeney
Founder
Alumni and Donors Unite
(858) 699-4736
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The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ••• (FIRE)
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“The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of students and faculty members at America’s colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process, legal equality, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience — the essential qualities of liberty.”
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FIRE, on the Chicago Statement ••• [pdf]
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National Association of Scholars ••• (NAS)
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“The National Association of Scholars upholds the standards of a liberal arts education that fosters intellectual freedom, searches for the truth, and promotes virtuous citizenship.”
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James Martin Center ••• (JMC)
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“Our goals are to improve colleges and universities, especially in North Carolina.
We want to:
• Increase the diversity of ideas taught, debated, and discussed on campus;
• Encourage respect for the institutions that underlie economic prosperity and freedom of action and conscience;
• Increase the quality of teaching and students’ commitment to learning so that they graduate with strong literacy and fundamental knowledge;
• Encourage cost-effective administration and governance.
To do this we will:
• Inform parents, students, trustees, alumni, and administrators about actual learning on campus and how it can be improved;
• Inform taxpayers about the use and impact of their funds;
• Find ways to acquaint students with ideas that are dismissed or marginalized on campuses today;
• Be a watchdog for legislative and administrative governance.
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Ralston College ••• Stephen Blackwood ••• founder
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“Ralston College is committed to an educational vision that enables students to lead lives of self-knowledge, freedom, and substance. The most distinguished colleges and universities in the world have historically been likewise committed, and there are still today pockets of teachers, administrators, and institutes who endeavor to honor that vision.”
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Robert P. George, Princeton
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“Advice to Students on the Fringes of the Moment” ••• — For students at any university caught up in a moment of demand for uniform opinion. George posted a note to Princeton students, on his Facebook page, 25 Aug 2020. This paragraph captures the essence of George's advice:
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“Thinking is not something that can be outsourced. You have to do it for yourself. Don't let your professors tell you what to think. Don't let popular opinion on campus dictate your convictions. If a professor tries to indoctrinate you, resist. His or her job is to educate you. Indoctrination is the antithesis of education. If there is groupthink on campus, the response it should trigger in you is a desire to probe and question. What is to be said on the other side? Are there thinkers and writers who doubt or deny the "consensus"? If so, read and carefully consider what they have to say. Make up your own mind. Think for yourself.”
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The entire Facebook note from Robert P. George: http://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/623.html
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The Philadelphia Statement ••• (please consider signing)
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“Social Media mobs. Cancel culture. Campus speech policing. These are all part of life in today’s America. Freedom of expression is in crisis. Truly open discourse—the debates, exchange of ideas, and arguments on which the health and flourishing of a democratic republic crucially depend—is increasingly rare. Ideologues demonize opponents to block debates on important issues and to silence people with whom they disagree.
“We must ask ourselves: Is this the country we want? Surely not. We want—and to be true to ourselves we need—to be a nation in which we and our fellow citizens of many different faiths, philosophies, and persuasions can speak their minds and honor their deepest convictions without fear of punishment and retaliation.
“If we seek a brighter future, we must relearn a fundamental truth: Our liberty and our happiness depend upon the maintenance of a public culture in which freedom and civility coexist—where people can disagree robustly, even fiercely, yet treat each other as human beings—and, indeed, as fellow citizens—not mortal enemies. “Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist,” Frederick Douglass declared in 1860. Indeed, our liberal democracy is rooted in and dependent upon the shared understanding that all people have inherent dignity and worth, and that they must be treated accordingly.”
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The complete statement ••• (please consider signing)
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The Chicago Statement
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‘The “Chicago Statement” refers to the free speech policy statement produced by the Committee on Freedom of Expression at the University of Chicago. In July of 2014, University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Eric D. Isaacs tasked the Committee with “articulating the University’s overarching commitment to free, robust, and uninhibited debate and deliberation among all members of the University’s community.” The Committee, which was chaired by esteemed University of Chicago Law School professor Geoffrey Stone, released the report (Report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression) in January of 2015.’
 
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Stand Together Foundation ••• [letter about] created by Brian Hooks (CEO) and Charles G. Koch
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Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World ••• by Charles G. Koch and Brian Hooks. The authors of this book understand freeorder.
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The authors write: “We believe so much in the potential of all people that when you order the book, we'll invest the full purchase price evenly among these six change-makers.”
 
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Benjamin Disraeli & William Gladstone ••• [video, youtube] seismographs are picking up interesting vibrations.
 
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Matt Taibbe ••• a journalist we are reading and admiring
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“The Worst Choice Ever” ••• on the U.S. election: “Donald Trump is a disaster, but Joe Biden's party is democratic in name only. Why this year's election is a vomit milkshake” -Taibbe
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vSheridan •••
 
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Freedom Foundation of Southern Africa ••• work ••• on Covid-19 lockdown
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“The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has promoted and fostered an open society, the Rule of Law, personal liberty, and economic and press freedom since its founding in 1975. The current global outbreak of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) is no exception. The FMF is deeply concerned about the overly intrusive and restrictive measures the South African government, and other governments, have unleashed upon their populations.
“The economic impact of the so-called national lockdown will be dire, particularly for South Africa’s poor, ten million of whom were unemployed before the disaster began. The arbitrary designation and thus closure of many businesses deemed “non-essential” will for many years haunt the economy. The constitutional rights and civil liberties of all South Africans are on the line.”
 
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South Africa, Khaya Lam: Transformation through Ownership •••
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“Full title deeds through Bond Cancellation. Land Reform breakthrough by Remgro, Cederberg Municipality and FMF in Clanwilliam, Western Cape
“On 8 October 2020, in a landmark event for the FMF's Khaya Lam (My Home) Land Reform Project, Remgro Limited and the Cederberg Municipality, for the first time, presented 45 full title deeds to lawful property owners in Clanwilliam under the Bond Cancellation initiative. This is the first tranche of 150 full title deeds entirely funded by Remgro Limited. It is also the first physical presentation to take place since the COVID-19 National Disaster was declared and the original date had to be postponed. The ceremony was held at the Kathy Johnson Hall, Clanwilliam, in the North of the Western Cape.”
 
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October 2020 - threads of freeorder
 
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Ten Imperatives of the Rule of Law: Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa ••• Rule of Law Project •••
 
The Rule of Law is a Founding Provision of South Africa’s Constitution but this potentially powerful brake on the executive branch of government has not been playing its proper deterring role. A likely reason for this is that most South Africans do not have an adequate understanding of the true meaning of the rule of law. 
The Rule of Law Project formulated the following 10 imperatives of the Rule of Law.
 
1. All law must be clear, predictable, accessible, not contradictory, and shall not have retrospective effect.
2 All legislation that makes provision for discretionary powers, must also incorporate the objective criteria by which those powers are to be exercised. The enabling legislation must, in addition, stipulate the purpose or purposes for which the powers may be exercised.
3 All law must apply the principle of equality before the law.
4 All law must be applied fairly, impartially, and without fear, favour or prejudice.
5 The sole legitimate authority for making substantive law rests with the legislature, which authority shall not be delegated to any other entity.
6 No law shall have the aim or the effect of circumventing the final authority of the courts.
7 No one may be deprived of or have their property expropriated, except if done with due process for the public interest, and in exchange for market-related, fair and just compensation.
8 The law shall afford adequate protection of classical individual rights.
9 All law must comply with the overriding principle of reasonableness, which comprehends rationality, proportionality, and effectiveness.
10 The legislature and organs of state shall observe due process in the rational exercise of their authority.
 
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Commstar Space Communications™ Announces Its Intention to Deploy Next-Generation Hybrid Data Relay Satellite between the Earth and the Moon by 2023 ••• ~thanks to Jim Bennett
 
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Diana Davis Spencer Foundation ••• recently visible as part of a freeorder network pattern
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The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation espouses the values upon which our nation was founded: freedom and individual responsibility. The mission of the foundation is to promote national security, entrepreneurship, self-reliance, free enterprise, and to enhance quality of life by supporting the arts, education, global understanding, health advancements, and preservation of the environment.
 
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freeorder is NOT a synonym for “spontaneous order”. If it were so there would be no need for the word. Thanks to many who have made me aware of this misunderstanding.
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freeorder is made of three essentials:
Designed order (intention)
Spontaneous order (self-assembly, autopoiesis)
Quest (individual and shared)
Above all, freeorder, is a balance that must be sought, endlessly. (Tao)
The quality of balance is judged by service to quest.
 
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Issues & Insights ••• real journalism, a project of the editors of Investors Business Daily
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About: “This site was started by the team that for decades had produced IBD Editorials at Investor’s Business Daily. Unlike other pundits and media celebrities, we do the hard work of reporting and researching stories before we offer our uncompromising viewpoints on them. We have years of experience covering a wide range of topics, and our goal is to use our accumulated wisdom to help our readers better understand the events shaping the country. We are unapologetically pro free market and for a limited federal government. And we firmly believe that reasoned, intelligent, sober, sophisticated debate, free of insults and pettiness and hatred, is still possible in the U.S.”
 
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Alumni and Donors Unite, latest statement of purpose:
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‘Alumni and Donors Unite brings awareness of the need for a return to the original purpose of a college education. We support education, not indoctrination, and are on a mission to restore free inquiry and individual empowerment to higher education by leveraging the substantial financial power and influence of alumni and other donors to counterbalance “overt threats to free-speech and diversity of thinking” and the cultural Marxism that is prevalent on college campuses. We open the eyes of donors—many of whom have little idea of the degree and depth of the corruption at their alma maters.  We connect alumni and other who care deeply about higher education, with their options to support those changes.’
 
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The design of governance for the United States demonstrates a principle of freeorder: Always consider the good returns to be gained by deliberate abstention from control of things that are within your power to control. In the case of USA, that limitation was implemented through federalism. An excellent article ••• by Hannah Cox ••• on this was just published by FEE •••
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“There’s Only One Way to Stop Polarization from Tearing America Apart: When another person’s vote has the ability to wield enormous power over your life and make sweeping changes in your community, that is going to lead to hostility.” —Hannah Cox
 
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Herodotus: breaking the bonds of rationality and unfreezing the river of imagination:
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“If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of the house where the discussion was held submits their decision for reconsideration when they are sober. If they still approve it, it is adopted; if not, it is abandoned. Conversely, any decision they make when they are sober, is reconsidered afterwards when they are drunk.” -Herodotus, c. 484 – c. 425 BC
 
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Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition. Of nearly every other form of freedom —Judge Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Palko v. Connecticut [1937]. Sent today from Future of Freedom Foundation •••
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Randal O’Toole’s Reforming the Forest Service, reviewed by Denis D. Fort in an Agricultural Law Research Article •••
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O’Toole’s work contributes to freeorder in many ways. -ls
 
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Tom Woods, on the costs of anti-virus lockdowns
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References for “The Fact-Free COVID Dystopia”
Click here for the article on lockdowns and COVID spread.
Click here for my free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About the Lockdown.
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Great Barrington Declaration ••• As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection.
 
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Let’s get the world drunk on visions of good, one small brandy distillery at a time, calling forth a massive salute of gratitude to winemakers of all kinds, times, and places. When sober we do the work. Thank you for every bit of it.
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Each integrating forge (∮forge) is such a distillery.
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Response from an anonymous friend:
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“Thank you, my friend, eloquently put. Our mighty God is at history's winepress, trampling out the grapes of his righteous and redeeming wrath. Is it grimly tiring to be there serving him? Yes, but I wouldn't miss it for the world.”
 
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September 2020 - threads of freeorder
 
Oliver Wendell Holmes The Chambered Nautilus
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
“Art is the creation of form symbolic of human feeling” —Susanne K. Langer, Feeling and Form, pg. 40, Scribner's, 1953
 
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freeorder —> Freeorder
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This asserts that pursuit of quest enhancing balances among designed and spontaneous orders, a pursuit iterated everylevel, everywhere, everytime, will progressively approach better states, as judged by explorers, defined as those who treasure and manifest curiosity, wonder, integrity, strength, and compassion.
 
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A freeorder strategy: “Complexity Scientist Beats Traffic Jams Through Adaptation”
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The computer scientist Carlos Gershenson of the National Autonomous University of Mexico likes to solve urban mobility problems like heavy traffic by applying complexity research and principles of self-organization. ••• published in Quanta Magazine •••
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“The problem may be that most engineers are taught traditional methods based on predicting what is to be controlled, and they try to improve on those methods. But for complex systems, prediction is almost hopeless. The moment you achieve optimality, the problem changes. The solution is obsolete already.” ~thanks to Dick Eshelman for the links
 
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The first capture on Wayback Machine of an Explorers Foundation page, 12 Feb 2003
 
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Jon Rappoport ••• Investigative Reporter, on the act of creation
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‘In fact, the deeper you explore the concept of freedom, the more you realize that creating something new, and creating that occurs outside a tight chain of prior cause and effect, are very much a part of what freedom means. Understanding these factors should be liberating.
There are several other phenomena that are closely related to “creating from nothing.” They are spontaneous insight and spontaneous invention. They occur in a flash, in the moment. They can’t be reduced to “logical implications in a chain of cause and effect.” They can’t be reduced at all.
‘And then there is this—I’ll refer to it through an experience I had in 1963, when I was living and painting in a small studio in Los Angeles. One night I was sitting at my table staring at a blank sheet of paper. I had a pencil in my hand. Suddenly, my mind was empty and crystalline. I knew in my bones, as clearly as I knew I was sitting there, that I had unlimited choices. There was no boundary on what I could draw. I was ecstatic. I made a shape on the paper. The immediate novelty of it was overwhelmingly joyous. I kept making shapes on the paper. The emerging drawing held, for me, the core of what I needed to know about life: every moment could be marvelously unhindered and free. I was always on the cusp of being able to choose a future; and being in that position, in the moment, was an experience of unrivaled beauty. Never again would I think of freedom in a dry clinical way.’ —https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/09/19/the-matrix-exit-when-the-individual-creates/
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The Act of Creation ••• Arthur Koestler, 1964 - a great book, an opening into freeorder - the link goes to a complete copy of the book on Wayback Machine ••• <archive.org
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Arthur Koestler ••• <wikipedia
 
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Sharyl Attkisson podcast: “The swine flu epidemic that was not as CDC advertised” ••• vSheridan
 
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An interesting business: how to own gold, lease it, and receive income in gold: Monetary Metals ••• company’s website.
 
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Randal O’Toole, interesting & knowledgeable writer, especially on transport, and forest care. “Time to Shut Down the DC Metro Rail” ••• O’Toole, 16 Sep 20.
 
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“Overturning COVID restrictions and states of emergency: Memo to lawyers: What are you waiting for? File big cases now” ••• by Jon Rappoport, September 16, 2020
 
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LBRY ••• “It's time to take back control from YouTube and Amazon. Top creators, self-respecting users, the privacy conscious, computer geeks, freedom lovers, loveable kooks, and readers of small gray text everywhere choose LBRY, because it's open, fair, and free.”
 
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YouTube Censors; LBRY ••• Preserves Access to interview with Dr. Scott Atlas
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“In late August, the Hoover Institution filmed an in-depth interview with Dr. Scott Atlas who serves as a top health advisor to the White House, more or less replacing Anthony Fauci in that role. 
“Atlas is an advocate for opening up the economy and allowing natural immunities to control the virus. In this, he has many colleagues in the public-health profession who agree with him, including many epidemiologists, virologists, immunologists, and medical doctors, all names frequently covered at AIER. This interview conducted by Hoover allows him to explain his views in depth. 
“Incredibly, YouTube has taken down the video interview of Scott Atlas for the usual vague reasons about community standards. 
“Alex Berenson is right: ‘As censorship goes, this is both terrifying and idiotic. Like him or hate him, Scott Atlas is ADVISING THE PRESIDENT ON COVID – no one gains when YouTube denies everyone the chance to hear what he thinks. People who oppose him should want to know even more.’ 
“Two aspects of this are fortunate. LBRY has retained a copy and that copy is embedded below. In addition, Hoover retains a complete transcript of the interview. 
“If this can happen to a world-class and highly credentialed expert like Atlas, it can happen to anyone. We need decentralized solutions like LBRY now, in the interest of openness, freedom, and truth.”
 
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Risk: “A Scientist’s Plea: The World is Not a Safe Space” ••• Roger W. Koops ••• AIER •••
 
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Ivor Cummins’ “Viral Issue Crucial Update Sept 8th: the Science, Logic and Data Explained!” ••• <YouTube data, facts, comprehensible charts and interpretation. Cummins hallenges the need for lockdowns. Habitual submission to ignorant authority is more dangerous than any virus.
 
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An article about someone in the tradition of freeorder who should not be forgotten: Thomas Hodgskin (1787-1869) ••• , a “critic of capitalism and defender of free trade and early trade unions. He is sometimes seen as a forerunner to Marx.” ~thanks to Michael J. Lotus
 
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“The Coming Coup?” ••• by Michael Anton ••• in “The American Mind”, a publication of the Claremont Institute ••• If this article plausibly describes a current possibility it is worth serious pre-emptive thought and action.
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When a large number of associated people begin acting like cornered rats it is worth asking why they are behaving that way. Perhaps they have something extremely important to lose. In that case there may be something the rest of us could do to reduce their (perhaps justified) fear. We might thereby find a way to avoid catastrophe consequent to their desperation.
 
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Charles Koch’s ‘An Open Letter Regarding Higher Education’ •••
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‘In 2005, a forward-thinking Ivy League professor envisioned a powerful antidote to the polarization that now afflicts our society. He created a program that allowed students to interact freely with a diversity of ideas.  It encouraged them to consider and evaluate alternate points of view—even if they didn’t ultimately find the ideas persuasive. The cornerstone of his project was a speaker series that featured prominent people with radically different ideas discussing challenging and divisive topics such as inequality and immigration. The professor’s mission was to make his university “worthy of students who arrive expecting a great adventure.” That was a great idea.’ -the complete letter •••
 
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Proton Mail ••• & Hong Kong
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“Proton stands with Hong Kong. On July 6, the Hong Kong government introduced rules that give law enforcement sweeping censorship and surveillance powers. The move was a grave blow to Hong Kong's freedom.
 
“As part of our mission to promote privacy and freedom for all, we will be giving 50% of our ProtonVPN revenue from Hong Kong during July and August to two local organizations: 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund and Stand With Hong Kong.”
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“Help us defend democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.” ••• -July 21st, 2020 by Andy Yen
 
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August 2020 - threads of freeorder
 
“Le microbe n’est rien, le terrain est tout.” (The microbe is nothing, the terrain is everything) —The last words of Louis Pasteur (Father of the “Germ Theory” of disease) •••
 
Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their message:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
 
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Audubon Conservation Ranching •••
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Parker Pastures ••• becomes Audubon certified as a conservation ranch •••
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Parker Pastures is a major provider for Pasture Provisions ••• ~thanks to Justin Longo
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Justin Longo interviews ••• Bill and Kelli of Parker Pastures.
 
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Monetary Metals ••• The New Way to Hold Gold ••• ~thanks to JD Bertron •••
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“Our Gold Fixed Income leases connect investors with the gold-producing businesses we mentioned earlier: mints, precious metals dealers, refiners, jewelers, and mining companies.
They happily pay a fee - in metal! - to lease your gold & silver, using it as inventory or work-in-progress.
 
“This unique financing solution eliminates their exposure to the volatility of the metals prices, which lowers their financing costs. It often enables them to extract working capital back out of their inventory so they can build out their business further.
“Meanwhile, you receive a steady interest income on your gold – paid in gold – without spending down any of your gold capital.”
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I’m interested in opinions about this company and its way of doing buiness. -ls
 
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Good article and discussion on Chicago Boyz ••• “The Rolling Kristalnacht” •••
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Posted by Sgt. Mom on August 19th, 2020 (All posts by Sgt. Mom)
‘The rolling Kristallnacht of “mostly peaceful” protests organized and sponsored by the unholy union of Antifa and BLM continues unabated in those mostly progressive Democrat party municipalities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, and New York. Give the protesters, rioters and looters credit for stamina; they’ve kept it up for nearly two months now, and look to be going strong, still.’
 
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altCensored.com: YouTube limits access to videos that are neither illegal, nor violate their own Terms and Conditions or Community Guidelines. ~thanks to Sharyl Attkisson
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"Limited state" videos are placed behind a warning message, cannot be shared, monetized or easily found, and have likes, comments, view counts and suggested videos disabled.
YouTube removes videos that violate their ever-changing and arbitrarily enforced Community Guidelines, while Creators increasingly "self-censor" trying to avoid channel strikes and terminations.
altCensored.com is an unbiased community catalog of 66178 limited state, removed, and self-censored YouTube videos across 6377 monitored channels, of which 1013 have been deleted and 2044 are being archived in case of deletion.
 
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Two facts about Universidad Francisco Marroquin (UFM) ~thanks to Marcy Ayanian
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"The Ludwig von Mises Library ••• (Spanish) has 100,000 visitors annually and is the most extensive collection of works on liberty in Latin America."
"The Henry Hazlitt Center co-ordinates the courses of Economic Process (I, II and III) and Social Philosophy (Hayek and the Austrian School) that are offered to all undergraduate students in all schools."
 
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FIRE ••• : “FIRE’s mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of students and faculty members at America’s colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process, legal equality, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience — the essential qualities of liberty.”
 
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“The Fall of Tax-Funded Universities and Rise of Alternatives” ••• by Mar